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(B.  A.  I.  Order  211.) 


Issued  July  30,  1914. 


U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY, 

A.  D.  MKLVIN*.  Chief  of  Bureau. 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  MEAT  INSPEC- 
TION OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF 
AGRICULTURE. 


EFFECTIVE  NOVEMBER  1,  1914. 

(EXCEPT  REGULATION  27,  EFFECTIVE  JANUARY  1.1915.) 


Issued  under  authority  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  Ly  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
June  30.  1906  (34  Suit.,  674-C79),  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  March  4.  1907  (34  Stat.,  1260-1265), 
and  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  October  3,  1913  (38  Stat.,  114,  152,  159). 


U.S,  DEPOSITORY 


WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE. 

1914. 


(B.  A.  I.  Order  211.)  1  .  u  d  July  30,  1014. 

U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY, 
A.  D.  MELVIN,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  MEAT  INSPEC- 
TION OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF 
AGRICULTURE. 


EFFECTIVE  NOVEMBER  1,  1914. 

(EXCEPT  REGULATION  27,  EFFECTIVE  JANUARY  1,1915.) 


Issued  under  authority  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
June  30,  1906  (34  Stat.,  674-679),  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  March  4,  1907  (34  Stat.,  1260-12G5), 
and  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  October  3,  1913  (38  Stat.,  114,  152,  159). 


WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE. 

1914. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 

Washington,  B.C.,  July  15,  1914- 

Under  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  30,  1906,  entitled  "An  act 
making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven"  (34 
United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  pages  674  to  679),  by  the  act  of 
Congress  approved  March  4,  1907,  entitled  "An  act  making  appropria- 
tions for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight"  (34  United  States 
Statutes  at  Large,  pages  1260  to  1265),  and  by  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  October  3,  1913,  entitled  uAn  act  to  reduce  tariff  duties 
and  to  provide  revenue  for  the  Government,  and  for  other  purposes" 
(38  United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  pages  114,  152,  159),  the  following 
regulations  are  hereby  made,  which  for  purposes  of  identification  arc 
designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  211.  Kegulations  1  to  26,  inclusive, 
shall  become  and  be  effective  on  and  after  November  1,  1914,  and 
regulation  27  shall  become  and  be  effective  on  and  after  January 
1,  1915. 

Upon  regulations  1  to  26  becoming  effective,  B.  A.  I.  Order  150, 
dated  April  1,  1908,  and  all  amendments  thereto  shall  be  superseded 
thereby,  and  upon  regulation  27  becoming  effective,  B.  A.  I.  Order 
202,  dated   October  4,  1913,  and   the  amendment  thereto  shall  be 

superseded  thereby. 

D.  F.  Houston, 

Secretary. 
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I 


CONTENTS. 


Regulation  1.  Definitions 5 

2.  Scope  of  inspection 8 

3.  Organization  of  force 8 

4.  Applications  for  inspection  or  exemption; retail  butchers,  retail 

dealers,  and  fanners;  declarations  for  inedible  products  es- 
tablishments   9 

5.  Official  numbers  and  inauguration  and  withdrawal  of  inspec- 

tion    11 

6.  Assignment  of  bureau  employees 12 

7.  Facilities  for  inspection 13 

8.  Sanitation 15 

9.  Ante-mortem  inspection 19 

10.  Post-mortem  inspection 22 

11.  Disposal  of  diseased  carcasses  and  parts 25 

12.  Carcasses  of  animals  slaughtered  without  ante-mortem  inspec- 

tion   34 

13.  Tank  rooms  and  tanks 34 

14.  Tanking  and  denaturing  condemned  carcasses  and  products..  35 

15.  Rendering  carcasses  and  parts  into  lard  and  tallow,  and  other 

sterilization 36 

16.  Marking,  branding,  and  identifying  meat  and  products 36 

17.  Labeling 41 

18.  Reinspection  and  preparation  of  meat  and  products 48 

19.  Market  inspection 54 

20.  Reports 55 

21 .  Appeals 55 

22.  Cooperation  with  local  authorities 55 

23.  Bribery,  counterfeiting,  etc 56 

24.  Export  stamps  and  certificates 56 

25.  Transportation 59 

26.  Food  and  drugs  act 69 

27.  Imported  meat  and  products 69 

Laws  under  which  the  for*  gula'tions  are  made: 

The  meat  inspection  act 

•  imported  meat  act 

In  i    x 87 

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REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  MEAT  INSPECTION  OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICLUTURE. 


REGULATION  1.  DEFINITIONS. 

Section  1.  For  the  purposes  of  these  regulations  the  following 
words,  phrases,  names,  and  terms  shall  be  construed,  respectively, 
to  mean  — 

Paragraph  1 .  The  meat  inspection  act,  or  act  of  June  30,  1906, 
or  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906:  ''An  Act  Making  appropriations 
for  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,'1  approved  June  30,  190G  (34 
United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  pages  674  to  679),  as  reenacted  by 
*'An  Act  Making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight/' 
approved  March  4,  1907  (34  United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  pages 
12G0  to  12G5). 

Paragraph  2.  The  imported  meat  act:  The  "free list"  clause  and 
paragraph  545  of  an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  To  reduce  tariff  duties  and 
to  provide  revenue  for  the  Government,  and  for  other  purposes," 
approved  October  3,  1913  (38  United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  pages 
114,  152,  159). 

Para  (j  re  pit  3.  The  food  and  drugs  act:  "'An  Act  For  preventing 
1  Le  manufacture,  sale,  or  transportation  of  adulterated  or  misbranded 
or  poisonous  or  deleterious  foods,  drugs,  medicines,  and  liquors,  and 
Bgulating  traffic  therein,  and  for  other  purposes, "  approved  June 
30,  •  90(3  (34  United  Slates  Statutes  at  Large,  pages  7,  8  to  772),  as 
amended  by  ''An  Act. To  amend  section  eight  of  the  food  and  drugs  act 
approved  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six."  approved  Augu  if 
23,  1912  (37  United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  pag  nd  417),  and 

by  "An  Act  To  amend  section  eight  of  an  act  entitled  cAn  Acl  For  pre- 
venting the  manufacture,  sale  or  transportation  of  adulterated  or  mis- 
branded   or  poisonous   or  deleterious  foods,   drugs,   medicines,   and 
liquors,  and  for  regulating  traffic  therein,  and  for  other  purpo 
approved  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six.'*  approv* 
3^  1913  (37  United  States  Statutes  at  Large,  page  732). 

Paragraph  4-  ^ne  department:  The  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture.  ^ 

Paragraph  5.  Bureau:  The  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the 
United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 


G  REG.    1.    DEFINITIONS. 

paragraph  6.  Inspector:  An  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry. 

Paragraph  7 .  Bureau  employees :  Inspectors  and  all  other  indi- 
viduals employed  in  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  who  are  author- 
ized by  the  chief  of  bureau  to  do  any  work  or  perform  any  duty  in 
connection  with  meat  inspection. 

Paragraph  8.  Official  establishment:  Any  slaughtering,  meat 
canning,  curing,  smoking,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  other 
similar  establishment  at  which  inspection  is  maintained  under  these 
regulations. 

Paragraph  9.  Official  station:  One  or  more  official  establishments 
included  under  a  single  supervision. 

Paragraph  10.  "  Inspected  and  passed,"  or  "  U.  S.  inspected 
and  passed,"  or  "  TJ.  S.  inspected  and  passed  under  the  act  of  Con- 
gress of  June  30,  1906,"  or  "  TJ.  S.  inspected  and  passed  by  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,"  or  any  authorized  abbreviations  thereof:  That 
the  carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses,  meat,  meat  products,  or  meat  food 
products  so  marked  have  been  inspected  and  passed  under  these 
regulations,  and  that  at  the  time  they  were  inspected,  passed,  and 
so  marked  they  were  found  to  be  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and 
fit  for  human  food. 

Paragraph  11.  ''Passed  for  sterilization":  That  the  carcasses, 
parts  of  carcasses,  meat,  meat  products,  or  meat  food  products  so 
marked  have  been  inspected  and  passed  on  condition  that  they  be 
rendered  into  lard  or  tallow  as  prescribed  by  regulation  15  or  other- 
wise sterilized  by  methods  approved  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

Paragraph  12.  "  17.  S.  inspected  and  condemned,"  or  any  author- 
ized abbreviation  thereof:  That  the  carcasses,  parts  of  care  asses, 
meat,  meat  products,  or  meat  food  products  so  marked  are  unsound, 
unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food. 

Paragraph  IS.  "  U.  S.  retained  ":  That  the  article  so  marked  is 
held  for  further  examination  by  an  inspector  to  determine  its  disposal. 

Paragraph  H.  "TJ.  S.  suspect,"  or  any  authorized  abbreviation 
thereof:  That  the  animal  so  marked  is  suspected  of  being  affected 
with  a  disease  or  condition  which  may  require  its  condemnation,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  when  slaughtered,  and  is  subject  to  further  examin- 
ation by  an  inspector  to  determine  its  disposal. 

Paragraph  15.  "TJ.  S.  condemned":  That  the  animal  so  marked  has 
been  inspected  and  found  to  be  immature,  or  in  a  dying  condition,  or 
to  have  died  otherwise  than  by  slaughter,  or  to  be  affected  with  any 
other  condition  or  with  any  disease  that  will  require  condemnation 
of  its  carcass. 

Paragraph  16.  "TJ.  S.  refused  entry":  That  the  article  so  marked5 
offered  for  importation,  contains  a  preservative  not  permitted  by 
these  regulations,  but  contains  no  substance  in  conflict  with  the  laws 


KEG.    1.    DEFINITIONS.  7 

of  the  foreign  country  from  which  exported,  and  has  not  bden  found 
to  be  otherwise  unsound,  unheathful,  unwholesome,  or  unfit  for 
human  food. 

Paragraph  17.  Inspection  legend:  A  mark,  or  a  statement,  author- 
ized by  these  regulations,  on  an  article  or  on  the  container  of  an 
article,  indicating  that  the  article  has  been  inspected  and  passed  for 
food  by  an  inspector. 

Paragraph  18.  Carcass:  All  parts,  including  viscera,  of  a  slaugh- 
tered animal  that  are  capable  of  being  used  for  human  food. 

Paragraph  19.  Primal  parts:  The  usual  sections,  cuts,  or  parts  of 
the  dressed  carcass  commonly  known  in  the  trade,  such  as  sides, 
quarters,  shoulders,  hams,  backs,  bellies,  beef  tongues,  and  beef 
livers,  before  they  have  been  cut,  shredded,  or  otherwise  subdivided 
preliminary  to  use  in  the  manufacture  of  meat  food  products. 

Paragraph  20.  Meat  product :  Any  edible  part  of  the  carcass  of  any 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goat,  which  is  not  manufactured,  cured, 
smoked,  processed,  or  otherwise  treated. 

Paragraph  21.  Meat  food  product:  Any  article  of  food  or  any 
article  which  enters  into  the  composition  of  food  for  human  consump- 
tion, which  is  derived  or  prepared,  in  whole  or  in  part,  from  any  por- 
tion of  the  carcass  of  any  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goat,  if  such  portion 
is  all  or  a  considerable  and  definite  portion  of  the  article,  except  such 
articles  as  organo-therapeutic  substances,  meat  juice,  meat  extract, 
and  the  like,  which  are  only  for  medicinal  purposes  and  are  advertised 
only  to  the  medical  profession. 

Paragraph  22.  Meat  and  products:  Carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses, 
meat,  products,  food  products,  meat  products,  and  meat  food  products 
of,  or  derived  from,  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  which  are  capable 
of  being  used  as  food  by  man. 

Paragraph  23.  Meat  or  product:  Any  part  or  all  of  meat  and  prod- 
ucts. 

Paragraph  2. <.  Immediate  container,  or  true  container:  The  unit 
can,  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering  in  which  any 
meat  or  product  is  customarily  delivered  to  consumers. 

Paragraph  25 .  Shipping-  container,  or  outside  container:  The  box, 
bag,  barrel,  crate,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering  inclosing  any  meat 
or  product  packed  in  two  or  more  immediate  or  true  containers. 

Paragraph  26.  Person:  Natural  persons,  individuals,  firms,  part- 
nerships, corporations,  companies,  societies,  and  associations,  and 
every  agent,  officer,  or  employee  <>f  any  thereof.  This  term  shall 
import  both  the  plural  and  the  singular  as  the  case  may  he. 

Paragraph  27.  Subsidiary:  Any  individual,  firm,  partnership,  cor- 
poration, company,  or  association,  in  whose  name  any  busine 
done,  controlled,  or  owrned,  in  whole  or  in  part,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  another. 


8        KEGS.  2,   3..  SCOPE  OF  INSPECTION  ;  ORGANIZATION. 

Section  2.  Wherever  in  these  regulations  the  phrase  "inspected 
and  passed  under  the  provisions  of  (or  according  to)  the  act  of  Con- 
gress of  June  30,  1906"  is  authorized  or  required  to  be  used,  the  phrase 
"U.  S.  inspected  and  passed  by  Department  of  Agriculture  * '  may  be 
substituted  therefor. 

Section  3.  On  and  after  three  years  from  the  date  of  the  order  adopt- 
ing these  regulations  the  phrase  "  inspected  and  passed  under  the 
provisions  of  (or  according  to)  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  190G" 
shall  not  be  used  as  an  inspection  legend,  unless  hereafter  expressly 
authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  upon  its  being  shown  to  his 
satisfaction  that  continuance  of  the  use  thereof  for  a  longer  period 
is  equitable  and  is  rendered  necessary  in  order  to  utilize  stocks  of 
labels  on  hand  or  ordered  at  the  time  this  regulation  takes  effect. 

REGULATION  2.  SCOPE  OF  INSPECTION. 

Section  1.  Every  establishment  in  which  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or 
goats  are  slaughtered  for  transportation  or  sale  as  articles  of  inter- 
state or  foreign  commerce,  or  in  which  carcasses,  parts  of  carcasses, 
meat,  meat  products,  or  meat  food  products  of,  or  derived  from, 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  are,  wholly  or  in  part,  canned,  cured, 
smoked,  salted,  packed,  rendered,  or  otherwise  prepared  for  trans- 
portation or  sale  as  articles  of  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  which 
are  capable  of  being  used  as  food  for  man,  shall  have  inspection  under 
these  regulations,  except  as  expressly  exempted  by  regulation  4. 

Section  2.  All  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  and  all  meat  and 
products  entering  an  establishment  at  which  inspection  is  required 
by  these  regulations,  and  all  meat  and  products  prepared,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  therein,  shall  be  inspected,  handled,  prepared,  and  marked 
as  required  by  these  regulations. 

REGULATION  3.  ORGANIZATION  OF  FORCE. 

Section  1.  Meat  inspection  is  conducted,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  All 
permanent  employees  engaged  in  the  work  of  meat  inspection  are 
appointed  upon  certification  of  the  United  States  Civil  Service  Com- 
mission that  they  have  passed  the  examination  prescribed  by  that 
commission.  These  employees  are  classified  as  shown  in  the  follow- 
ing sections  of  this  regulation.  Promotions  are  made  on  the  basis  of 
efficiency,  deportment,  and  length  of  service. 

Section  2.  Inspectors  in  charge.  These  are  inspectors  assigned  to 
supervise  and  perform  official  work  at  each  official  station.  Such  em- 
ployees report  directly  to  the  chief  of  bureau  and  are  chosen  by  reason 
of  their  fitness  for  responsibility  as  determined  by  their  records  in  the 
service.  At  stations  where  slaughtering  is  conducted,  only  veterinary 
inspectors  are  placed  in  charge. 


KEGS.    3,   4.    ORGANIZATION;    INSPECTION    OB    EXEMPTION.  (J 

Section  3.  Veterinary  inspectors.  All  applicants  examined  for 
these  positions  must  be  graduates  of  veterinary  colleges,  accredited  by 
the  United  States  Civil  Service  Commission,  having  a  course  of  not 
less  than  three  years  leading  to  a  degree.  Veterinary  inspectors  per- 
form all  final  post-mortem  examinations  and  enforce  the  sanitary 
requirements  in  their  respective  departments,  under  the  direction  of 
the  inspector  in  charge. 

Section  4.  Traveling  veterinary  inspectors.  These  employees  in- 
spect official  stations  and  the  conduct  of  ooerations  and  ascertain 
whether  the  regulations  and  instructions  governing  meat  inspection 
are  properly  observed.  They  also  confer  with  and  instruct  bureau 
employees  with  a  view  to  uniformity  and  efficiency  of  the  service,  and 
report  thereon,  with  recommendations,  to  the  chief  of  bureau. 

Section  5.  Laboratory  inspectors.  These  employees  possess  tech- 
nical education  and  training  in  the  microscopical  and  chemical  exami- 
nation of  meat  and  products,  and  their  inspections  are  conducted  in 
laboratories  located  at  various  slaughtering  centers.  Pathological 
laboratories  are  also  maintained,  to  which  diseased  specimens  may  be 
sent,  when  necessary,  for  diagnosis. 

Section  6.  Lay  inspectors.  These  employees  are  laymen  who  assist 
veterinary  inspectors  in  ante-mortem  and  post-mortem  inspections, 
supervise  the  curing,  canning,  packing,  and  other  preparation,  han- 
dling, and  marking  of  meat  and  products,  examine  such  articles  to 
detect  unsound  or  unfit  conditions,  assist  in  the  enforcement  of  sani- 
tary requirements,  and  perform  various  other  duties. 

REGULATION  4.  APPLICATIONS  FOR  INSPECTION  OR  EXEMPTION;  RE- 
TAIL BUTCHERS,  RETAIL  DEALERS,  AND  FARMERS;  DECLARATIONS 
FOR  INEDIBLE  PRODUCTS  ESTABLISHMENTS. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  The  proprietor  or  operator  of  each  estab- 
'.entof  the  kind  specified  in  section  1  of  regulation  2  shall  make 
application  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  inspection  or  for  exemp- 
tion from  inspection,  or  shall  hie  with  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  the 
declaration  prescribed  by  paragraph  1  of  section  G  of  this  regulation. 
Every  application  and  declaration  under  t!ii>  regulation  Bhall  be  made 
on  a  form  furnished  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  industry,  Washing 
D.  C.  In  cases  where  inspection  or  exemption  i-  already  in  effect, 
new  applications  for  inspection  or  exemption  shall  not  be  required. 
In  cases  of  change  of  ownership  or  change  of  location,  a  new  applica- 
tion shall  be  made. 

Paragraph  .3.  Triplicate  copies  of  plans,  properly  drawn  to  scale, 
and  of  specifications,  including  plumbing  and  drainage,  oi     '  shall 

accompany,  and  the  prints  or  diagrams  required  by  section  2  of  regu- 
lation 13  should  accompany,  applications  for  inspection. 


10  BEG.    I.    INSPECTION    OR   EXEMPTION. 

Paragraph  3.  Each  application  shall  specify  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  all  the  applicant's  subsidiaries  doing  any  of  the  business 
described  in  section  1  of  regulation  2  and  the  location  of  each  estab- 
lishment of  such  subsidiaries.  Each  subsidiary  making  an  applica- 
tion shall  specify  the  name  and  address  of  the  person,  firm,  corpora- 
tion, or  association  of  which  it  is  a  subsidiary. 

Paragraph  4-  Notice  in  writing  shall  be  given  to  each  applicant 
granted  inspection,  specifying  the  establishment  to  which  the  same 
applies. 

Paragraph  5.  Inspection  or  exemption  may  be  refused,  or  if  granted 
may  be  revoked,  for  any  false  statement  in  the  application  therefor. 

Section  2.  Retail  butchers  and  retail  dealers  in  meat  and  meat 
food  products,  supplying  their  customers,  upon  making  application, 
pursuant  to  section  1  of  this  regulation,  may  be  exempted  from  in- 
spection. To  each  one  so  exempted  a  numbered  certificate  of  ex- 
emption shall  be  furnished  for  use  with  transportation  agencies  to 
procure  the  movement  of  his  products  in  interstate  or  foreign  com- 
merce. No  certificate  shall  be  issued  unless  all  the  premises  on  which 
the  products  are  prepared  and  handled  are  maintained  in  a  sanitary 
condition.  Failure  by  certificate  holders  to  maintain  sanitary  condi- 
tions or  to  conform  to  such  of  these  regulations  as  apply  to  them  shall 
be  cause  for  withdrawal  of  exemption  and  the  cancellation  of  certifi- 
cates. Such  exempted  establishments  shall  conform  to  the  same 
regulations  as  govern  official  establishments  in  regard  to  labeling  and 
the  use  of  dyes,  chemicals,  and  preservatives. 

Section  3.  No  holder  of  a  certificate  of  exemption  shall  use  the 
same  for  any  purpose  except  for  making  shipments  in  supplying  his 
own  customers. 

Section  4.  The  carcasses  and  products  of  animals  slaughtered  hy 
any  farmer  on  the  farm,  provided  they  can  be  identified  as  such  and 
are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food,  and  other- 
wise meet  the  requirements  of  these  regulations,  may  be  transported 
in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  under  the  provisions  of  section  8  of 
regulation  25.  In  order  to  procure  the  transportation  of  such 
products,  a  farmer  need  not  apply  for  exemption  from  inspection. 

Section  5.  Inspectors  shall  make  inspections  to  ascertain  whether 
any  of  these  regulations  applying  to  retail  butchers,  retail  dealers, 
farmers,  or  other  persons  has  been  violated. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  The  proprietor  or  operator  of  each  grease 
rendering  or  grease  refining  establishment,  and  of  every  other  establish- 
ment which  has  not  been  granted  inspection  or  exemption,  which  pre- 
pares or  ships  any  article  or  articles  derived  wholly  or  in  part  from 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  for  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or  in 


REGS.  4,  5.    INSPECTION   OR  EXEMPTION;    OFFICIAL   NUMBER.        11 

the  District  of  Columbia,  a  Territory,  or  other  place  under  I  lie  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  United  States,  which  article  or  articles  it  is  claimed  are  not 

capable  of  being  used  as  food  by  man,  shall  file  with  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  a  declaration  that  none  of  such  articles  are  for  human 
consumption,  nor  will  be  sold   or  shipped  from  such  establishment 

otherwise  than  in  compliance  with  these  regulations,  and  that  no 
article  for  human  consumption  derived  wholly  or  in  part  from  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  or  goats  will  bo  prepared  at  or  in  such  establishment,  or 
will  be  sold  or  shipped  therefrom.  Such  establishments  may  be 
inspected  at  any  time  to  ascertain  whether  any  article  derived  wholly 
or  in  part  from  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  is  prepared  therein  for 
human  consumption,  or  whether  any  declaration  filed  or  offered  for 
filing  is  false  in  any  particular. 

Paragraph  2.  The  proprietor  or  operator  of  each  establishment 
which  has  been  granted  inspection  or  exemption  and  which  prepares 
therein  any  article  or  articles  derived  wholly  or  in  part  from  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  or  goats  for  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  or  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  a  Territory,  or  other  place  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States,  which  article  or  articles  it  is  claimed  are  not 
capable  of  being  used  as  food  by  man,  shall  fde  with  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  a  declaration  that  none  of  such  articles  are  for  human 
consumption  nor  will  be  sold  or  shipped  from  such  establishment 
otherwise  than  in  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  3.  The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  refuse  to  file,  or  if 
previously  hied  may  withdraw  from  his  files  and  cancel,  any  declara- 
tion which  is  false  in  any  particular  or  the  terms  of  which  are  violated 
in  any  respect. 

REGULATION  5.  OFFICIAL  NUMBERS   AND   INAUGURATION   AND   WITH- 
DRAWAL OF  INSPECTION. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  To  each  establishment  granted  inspec- 
tion an  official  number  shall  be  assigned.  Such  number  shall  be 
used  to  identify  all  inspected  and  passed  meat  and  products  pre- 
pared in  the  establishment. 

Paragraph  2.  Two  or  more  official  establishments  under  the  same 
ownership  or  control  may  be  granted  the  same  official  number,  pro- 
vided a  serial  letter  is  added  in  each  case  to  identify  each  establish- 
ment and  the  products  thereof. 

Paragraph  3.  No  meat  or  product  shall  be  handled  or  prepared  in 
an  official  establishment  for  a  subsidiary  of  the  proprietor  or  operator, 
nor  shall  any  article  handled  or  prepared  therein  be  sold  or  trans- 
ported in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  by  or  in  the  name  of  a 
subsidiary  of  the  proprietor  or  operator,  unless  BUch  subsidiary  is 
named  in  an  application  of  the  establishment  for  inspection,  and  is 
granted  inspection  in  such  establishment,  under  these  regulations. 


12        REGS.  5,  G.    OFFICIAL  NUMBER;  ASSIGNMENT  OF  EMPLOYEES. 

Section  2.  Each  official  establishment  shall  be  separate  and  dis- 
tinct from  any  unofficial  establishment  in  which  any  meat  or  product 

is  handled. 

Section  3.  Inspection  shall  not  be  begun  if  an  establishment  is 
not  in  a  sanitary  condition  nor  unless  the  establishment  provides  and 
agrees  to  maintain  adequate  facilities  for  conducting  such  inspection. 

Section  4.  When  an  application  for  inspection  is  granted,  the 
inspector  in  charge  shall,  at  or  prior  to  the  inauguration  of  inspection, 
inform  the  proprietor  or  operator  of  the  establishment  of  the  require- 
ments of  these  regulations.  If  the  establishment,  at  the  time  inspec- 
tion is  inaugurated,  contains  any  meat  or  product  which  has  not 
theretofore  been  inspected,  passed,  and  marked  in  compliance  with 
these  regulations,  the  identity  of  the  same  shall  be  maintained  and 
it  shall  not  be  transported  or  offered  for  transportation  in  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce,  or  otherwise  dealt  with,  as  inspected  and  passed 
under  these  regulations.  The  establishment  shall  adopt  and  enforce 
all  necessary  measures,  and  shall  comply  with  all  such  directions  as 
the  inspector  in  charge  may  prescribe,  for  carrying  out  the  purposes 
of  this  section. 

Section  5.  Inspection  may  be  withdrawn  from  any  official 
establishment  which  violates  or  fails  to  comply  with  any  provision  of 
the  meat  inspection  act  or  of  these  regulations. 

Section  6.  Inspectors  and  other  bureau  employees  shall  report  to 
the  inspector  in  charge  all  violations  and  failures  under  section  5  of 
this  regulation  of  which  they  have  knowledge,  and  the  inspector  in 
charge  shall  report  the  same  to  the  chief  of  bureau. 

REGULATION  S.  ASSIGNMENT  OF  BUREAU  EMPLOYEES. 

Section  1.  The  chief  of  bureau  shall  designate  an  inspector  in 
charge  of  the  inspection  at  each  official  station,  and  assign  to  said 
inspector  such  assistants  as  may  be  necessary. 

Section  2.  For  the  purpose  of  any  examination  or  inspection, 
bureau  employees  shall  have  access  at  all  times,  by  day  or  night, 
whether  the  establishment  be  operated  or  not,  to  every  part  of  any 
official  establishment  to  which  they  are  assigned. 

Section  3.  Each  bureau  employee  will  be  furnished  with  a  num- 
bered official  badge,  which  he  shall  not  allow  to  leave  his  possession. 
This  badge  shaft  be  sufficient  identification  to  entitle  him  to  admit- 
tance at  all  regular  entrances  and  to  all  parts  of  the  establishment  and 
premises  to  which  he  is  assigned,  and  to  any  place,  at  any  time,  for 
the  purpose  of  making  an  inspection  pursuant  to  section  3  of  regula- 
tion 23. 


REG.    7.    FACILITIES    FOR   INSPECTION.  13 

Section  4.  No  bureau  employee  shall  be  detailed  for  duty  at  an 
establishment  whore  any  member  of  his  family  is  employed  by  the 
establishment.  Bureau  employees  are  forbidden  to  solicit,  for  any- 
one, employment  a.1  any  official  establishment,  or  by  any  officer, 
manager,  or  employee  thereof. 

REGULATION  7.  FACILITIES  FOR  INSPECTION;. 

Section  1.  Office  room,  including  light  and  heat,  shall  be  pro- 
vided by  official  establishments,  rent  free,  for  the  exclusive  use,  for 
official  purposes,  of  the  inspector  and  other  bureau  employees  assi 
thereto.  The  room  or  rooms  set  apart  for  this  purpose  shall  meet 
with  the  approval  of  the  inspector  in  charge  and  shall  be  conveniently 
located,  properly  ventilated,  and  provided  with  lockers  suitable  for 
the  protection  and  storage  of  bureau  supplies  and  with  facilities 
suitable  for  the  dressing  of  bureau  employees. 

Section  2.  Each  official  establishment  shall  inform  the  inspector 
in  charge,  or  his  assistant,  when  work  in  each  department  has  been 
concluded  for  the  day,  and  of  the  day  and  hour  when  work  will  be 
resumed  therein.  Whenever  any  meat  or  product  is  to  be  over- 
hauled or  otherwise  handled  in  an  official  establishment  during 
unusual  hours,  the  establishment  shall,  a  reasonable  time  in  advance, 
notify  the  inspector  in  charge,  or  his  assistant,  of  the  day  and  hour 
when  such  work  will  be  commenced,  and  such  articles  shall  not  be 
so  handled  except  after  such  notice  has  been  given.  Xo  department 
of  an  official  establishment  shall  be  operated  except  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  bureau  employee.  All  slaughtering  of  animals  and  prepa- 
ration of  meat  and  products  shall  be  done  within  reasonable  hours, 
and  with  reasonable  speed,  the  facilities  of  the  establishment  being 
considered.  Xo  shipment  of  any  meat  or  product  shall  be  made 
from  an  official  establishment  until  after  due  notice  has  been  given 
to  the  inspector  in  charge  or  his  assistant. 

Section  3.  When  one  inspector  is  detailed  to  conduct  the  v 
at  two  or  more  official  establishments  where  few  animals  are  slaugh- 
tered or  where  but  a  small  quantity  of  any  meat  or  product  is  pre- 
pared, the  inspector  in  charge  may  designate  the  hours  during  which 
such  establishment  may  be  operated. 

Section  I.  Xo  work  shall  be  performed  at  official  establishments 
during  any  day  on  which  such  work  is  prohibited  by  tic  law  of  the 
State  or  Territory  or  District  of  Columbia  in  which  the  establishment 
is  located.     However,  the  department  requires  that  it  be  judicially 

determined  that  such  work  is  so  prohibited. 

Section  5.  When,  required  by  the  chief  of  bureau  or  the  inspector 
in  charge,  the  following  facilities  and  conditions,  and  such  others  as 
may  be  essential  to  efficient  conduct  of  inspection,  shall  he  provided 
by  each  official  establishment  : 


14  KEG.    7.    FACILITIES    FOB  INSPECTION". 

(a)  Satisfactory  pens,  equipment,  and  assistants  for  conducting, 
ante-mortem  inspection  and  for  separating,  marking,  and  holding 
apart  from  passed  animals  those  marked  "U.  S.  suspect"  and  those 
marked  "U.  S.  condemned/' 

(h)  Sufficient  natural  light,  and  abundant  artificial  light  at  times 
of  the  day  when  natural  light  may  not  be  adequate,  at  places  for 
inspection.  Such  places  shall  be  kept  sufficiently  free  of  steam  and 
vapors  for  inspection  to  be  properly  made. 

(c)  Racks,  receptacles,  or  other  suitable  devices  for  retaining  such 
parts  as  the  head,  tongue,  tail,  thymus  gland,  and  viscera,  and  all 
parts  and  blood  to  be  used  in  the  preparation  of  meat  food  products  or 
medical  products,  until  after  the  post-mortem  examination  is  com- 
pleted, in  order  that  they  may  be  identified  in  case  of  condemnation  of 
the  carcass;  equipment,  trucks,  and  receptacles  for  the  handling  of 
viscera  of  slaughtered  animals  so  as  to  prevent  contact  with  the  floor; 
trucks,  racks,  marked  receptacles,  tables,  or  other  necessary  equip- 
ment for  the  separate  a.nd  sanitary  handling  of  carcasses  or  parts 
passed  for  sterilization. 

(d)  Tables,  benches,  and  other  equipment  on,  which  inspection  is 
performed,  of  such  design,  material,  and  construction  as  to  enable 
bureau  employees  to  conduct  their  inspection  in  a  ready,  efficient, 
and  cleanly  manner. 

(e)  Sanitary  water-tight  metal  trucks  or  receptacles  for  holding 
and  handling  diseased  carcasses  and  parts ;  such  trucks  or  receptacles 
to  be  marked  in  a  conspicuous  manner  with  the  phrase  "U.  S.  con- 
demned," in  letters  not  less  than  2  inches  high,  and,  when  required 
by  the  inspector  in  charge,  to  be  equipped  with  facilities  for  locking 
or  sealing. 

(/)  Adequate  arrangements,  including  disinfectants,  for  cleansing 
and  disinfecting  hands,  for  sterilizing  all  implements  used  in  dressing 
diseased  carcasses,  and  for  disinfecting  hides,  floors,  and  such  other 
articles  and  places  as  may  be  contaminated  by  diseased  carcasses  or 
otherwise. 

(g)  In  establishments  in  which  slaughtering  is  done,  rooms,  com- 
partments, or  specially  prepared  open  places,  to  be  known  as  "final 
inspection  places,"  at  which  the  final  inspection  of  retained  carcasses 
shall  be  conducted.  Final  inspection  places  shall  be  sufficient  in  size 
and  their  rail  arrangement  and  other  equipment  shall  be  adequate  to 
prevent  carcasses  and  parts  passed  for  food  or  sterilization  from  being 
contaminated  by  contact  with  condemned  carcasses  or  parts.  They 
shall  be  equipped  with  hot  water,  stationary  washstands,  and  sanitary 
tables  and  other  apparatus  essential  to  a  ready,  efficient,  and  sanitary 
conduct  of  the  inspection.  The  floors  shall  be  of  sanitary  construc- 
tion and  shall  have  proper  sewer  connections,  and  when  the  final 
inspection  place  is  part  of  a  larger  floor  it  shall  be  separated  by  a  curb 
and  railing. 


REGS.    1,   8.    FACILITIES  FOR  INSPECTION;    SANITATION.  15 

'(h)  In  each  establishment  at  which  any  condemned  article  is  held 
until  a  day  subsequent  to  its  condemnation,  a  suitably  located  room 
or  compartment  in  which  the  same  shall  be  placed.  This  room  oi 
compartment  shall  be  secure,  rat  proof,  and  susceptible  of  being 
kept  clean,  including  a  sanitary  disposal  of  the  floor  liquids.  It  shall 
be  equipped  for  secure  locking,  and  shall  be  held  under  a  lock  fur- 
nished by  the  department,  the  key  of  which  shall  not  leave  the  cus- 
tody of  a  bureau  employee.  The  door  or  doors  of  such  room  or  com- 
partment shall  be  conspicuously  marked  with  the  phrase  "  U.  S.  con- 
demned," in  letters  not  less  than  2  inches  high. 

(i)  Rooms,  compartments,  and  receptacles  in  such  number  and  in 
such  locations  as  the  needs  of  the  inspection  in  the  establishment 
may  require,  in  which  carcasses  and  products  may  be  held  for  further 
inspection.  These  shall  be  equipped  for  secure  locking  and  shall  be 
held  under  locks  furnished  by  the  department,  the  keys  of  which  shall 
not  leave  the  custody  of  bureau  employees.  Every  such  room,  com- 
partment, or  receptacle  shall  be  conspicuously  marked  with  the  phrase 
UU.  S.  retained,"  in  letters  not  less  than  2  inches  high. 

(j)  Adequate  facilities,  including  denaturing  materials,  for  the 
proper  disposal  of  condemned  articles  in  accordance  with  these  regu- 
lations. Tanks  which,  under  these  regulations,  must  be  sealed  shall 
be  properly  equipped  for  sealing  as  may  be  specified  by  the  chief  of 
bureau. 

(k)  Docks  and  receiving  rooms,  to  be  designated  by  the  establish- 
ment, with  the  approval  of  the  inspector  in  charge,  for  the  receipt 
and  inspection  of  all  meat  and  products  as  provided  in  section  4  of 
regulation  18. 

(Z)  Suitable  lockers  in  which  brands  bearing  the  inspection  legend 
shall  be  kept  when  not  in  use.  All  such  lockers  shall  be  equipped 
for  locking  with  locks  to  be  supplied  by  the  department,  the  keys  of 
which  >hall  not  leave  the  custody  of  bureau  employees. 

Section  6.  Inspectors  shall  furnish  their  own  implements,  such  as 
knives,  steels,  and  triers,  for  conducting  inspection,  and  shall  cleanse 
their  hands  and  implements  as  prescribed  by  paragraph  3  of  section  7 
of  regulation  8. 

REGULATION  8.  SANITATION. 

Section  1.  Prior  to  the  inauguaration  of  inspection,  an  examina- 
tion of  the  establishment  and  premises  shall  be  made  by  a  bureau 
employee  and  the  requirements  for  sanitation  and  the  necessary 
facilities  for  Inspection  specified. 

Section  2.  Triplicate  copies  <»f  -plan-,  properly  drawn  to  scale,  and 
of  specifications,  including  plumbing  and  drainage,  for  remodeling 
plants  of  official  establishments  and  for  new  structures,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  chief  of  bureau  in  advance  of  construction. 


i(j  KEG.    8.    SANITATION. 

Se<  tion  3.  Paragraph  1 .  Official  establishments,  establishments  at 
which  market  inspection  is  conducted,  and  premises  on  or  in  which 
any  meat  or  product  is  prepared  or  handled  by  or  for  persons  to  whom 
certificates  of  exemption  have  been  issued,  shall  be  maintained  in 
sanitary  condition,  and  to  this  end  the  requirements  of  paragraphs 
2  to  8,  inclusive,  of  this  section  shall  be  complied  with. 

Paragraph  2.  There  shall  be  abundant  light,  both  natural  and  arti- 
ficial, and  sufficient  ventilation  for  all  rooms  and  compartments,  to 
insure  sanitary  condition. 

Paragraph  3.  There  shall  be  an  efficient  drainage  and  plumbing 
system  for  the  establishment  and  premises,  and  all  drains  and  gutters 
shall  be  properly  installed  with  approved  traps  and  vents. 

Paragraph  4-  The  water  supply  shall  be  ample,  clean,  and  potable, 
with  adequate  facilities  for  its  distribution  in  the  plant.  Every  estab- 
lishment shall  make  known,  and  whenever  required  shall  afford  oppor- 
tunity for  inspection  of,  the  source  of  its  water  supply  and  the  location 
and  character  of  its  reservoir  and  storage  tanks. 

Paragraph  5.  The  floors,  walls,  ceilings,  partitions,  posts,  doors,  and 
other  parts  of  all  structures  shall  be  of  such  materials,  construc- 
tion, and  finish  as  will  make  them  susceptible  of  being  readily  and 
thoroughly  cleaned.  The  floors  shall  be  kept  water-tight.  The  rooms 
and  compartments  used  for  edible  products  shall  be  separate  and 
distinct  from  those  used  for  inedible  products. 

Paragraph  6.  The  rooms  and  compartments  in  which  any  meat  or 
product  is  prepared  or  handled  shall  be  free  from  odors  from  dressing 
and  toilet  rooms,  catch  basins,  hide  cellars,  casing  rooms,  inedible 
tank  and  fertilizer  rooms,  and  stables. 

Paragraph  7.  Every  practicable  precaution  shall  be  taken  to  keep 
establishments  free  of  flies,  rats,  mice,  and  other  vermin.  The 
use  of  rat  poisons  is  prohibited  in  rooms  or  compartments  where 
any  unpacked  meat  or  product  is  stored  or  handled;  but  their  use  is 
not  forbidden  in  hide  cellars,  inedible  compartments,  outbuildings, 
or  similar  places,  or  in  storerooms  containing  canned  or  tierced 
products.  So-called  rat  viruses  shall  not  be  used  in  any  part  of  an 
establishment  or  the  premises  thereof. 

Paragraph  8.  Dogs  shall  not  be  admitted  into  official  establish- 
ments except,  upon  permission  of  the  inspector  in  charge,  for  the 
purpose  of  destroying  rats.  Dogs  which  are  admitted  shall  be  kept 
free  from  tape- worm  infestation.  Such  examinations  shall  be  made 
to  determine  freedom  from  infestation  as  the  chief  of  bureau  may  pre- 
scribe. Contamination  by  the  excreta  of  these  animals  shall  not  be 
permitted,  nor  shall  the  dogs  be  allowed  to  eat  the  raw  viscera  of 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats. 


REG.    8.    SANITATION.  17 

Section  4.  Adequate  sanitary  facilities  and  accommodations  shall 
be  furnished  by  every  official  establishment.  Of  these  the  following 
are  specifically  required : 

(a)  Dressing  rooms,  toilet  rooms,  and  urinals,  sufficient  in  Qumber, 
ample  in  size,  conveniently  located,  properly  ventilated,  and  meeting 
all  requirements  as  to  sanitary  construction  and  equipment.  These 
shall  be  separate  from  the  rooms  and  compartments  in  which  meat 
and  products  are  prepared,  stored,  or  handled.  Where  both  sexes 
are  employed,  separate  facilities  shall  be  provided. 

(6)  Modern  lavatory  accommodations,  including  running  hot  and 
cold  water,  soap,  towels,  etc.  These  shall  be  placed  in  or  near  toilet 
and  urinal  rooms  and  also  at  such  other  places  in  the  establishment  as 
may  be  essential  to  assure  cleanliness  of  all  persons  handling  any  meat 
or  product. 

(c)  Properly  located  facilities  for  disinfecting  and  cleansing  utensils 
and  hands  of  all  persons  handling  any  meat  or  product. 

(d)  Cuspidors  of  such  shape  as  not  readily  to  be  upset  and  of  such 
material  as  to  be  readily  disinfected.  They  shall  be  sufficient  in  num- 
ber and  accessibly  placed  in  all  rooms  and  places  designated  by  the 
inspector  in  charge,  and  all  persons  who  expectorate  shall  be  required 
to  use  them. 

Section  5.  Equipment  and  utensils  used  for  preparing,  processing, 
and  otherwise  handling  any  meat  or  product  shall  be  of  such  materials 
and  construction  as  will  make  them  susceptible  of  being  readily  and 
thoroughly  cleaned  and  such  as  will  insure  strict  cleanliness  in  the 
preparation  and  handling  of  all  meat  and  products.  Trucks  and 
receptacles  used  for  inedible  products  shall  bear  some  conspicuous 
and  distinctive  mark  and  shall  not  be  used  for  handling  edible 
products. 

Section  6.  Rooms,  compartments,  places,  equipment,  and  utensils 
used  for  preparing,  storing,  or  otherwise  handling  any  meat  or  prod- 
uct, and  all  other  parts  of  the  establishment,  shall  be  kept  clean 
and  sanii. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  Operations  and  procedures  involving  the 
preparation,  storing,  or  handling  of  any  meat  or  product  shall  be 
strictly  in  accord  with  cleanly  and  sanitary  methods. 

Paragraph  2.  Rooms  and  compartments  in  which  inspections  are 
made  and  thou4  in  which  animals  are  slaughtered  or  any  meal  or 
product  is  processed  or  prepared  shall  be  kept  sufficiently  free  of 
steam  and  vapors  to  enable  bureau  employees  to  make  inspections 
and  to  insure  cleanly  operations.  The  walls  and  ceilings  of  rooms 
and  compartments  under  refrigeration  shall  be  kept  reasonably  free 
from  moisture. 

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18  REG.   8.    SANITATION. 

Paragraph  3.  Butchers  and  others  who  dress  or  handle  diseased 
carcasses  or  parte  shall,  before  handling  or  dressing  other  carcasses 
or  parts,  cleanse  their  hands  of  grease,  immerse  them  in  a  prescribed 
disinfectant,  and  rinse  them  in  clean  water.  Implements  used  in 
dressing  diseased  carcasses  shall  be  thoroughly  cleansed  in  boiling 
water  or  in  a  prescribed  disinfectant,  followed  by  rinsing  in  clean 
water.  The  employees  of  the  establishment  who  handle  any  meat 
or  product  shall  keep  their  hands  clean,  and  in  all  cases  after  visiting 
the  toilet  rooms  or  urinals  shall  wash  their  hands  before  handling 
any  meat  or  product  or  implements  used  in  the  preparation  of  the 
same. 

Paragraph  4-  Aprons,  frocks,  and  other  outer  clothing  worn  by 
persons  who  handle  any  meat  or  product  shall  be  of  material  that  is 
readily  cleansed,  and  only  clean  garments  shall  be  worn.  Knife  scab- 
bards shall  be  kept  clean. 

Paragraph  5.  Such  practices  as  spitting  on  whetstones,  placing 
skewers  or  knives  in  the  mouth,  inflating  lungs  or  casings,  or  testing 
with  air  from  the  mouth  such  receptacles  as  tierces,  kegs,  casks,  and 
the  like,  containing  or  intended  as  containers  of  any  meat  or  product, 
are  prohibited.     Only  mechanical  means  may  be  used  for  testing. 

Section  8.  The  wagons  and  cars  in  which  any  meat  or  product  is 
transported  shall  be  kept  in  a  clean  and  sanitary  condition.  Wagons 
used  in  transferring  loose  meat  and  products  between  official  estab- 
lishments shall  be  closed  or  so  covered  that  the  contents  shall  be  kept 
clean. 

Section  9.  Paragraph  1.  Second-hand  tubs,  barrels,  and  boxes 
intended  for  use  as  containers  of  any  meat  or  product  shall  be  in- 
spected when  received  at  the  establishment  and  before  they  are 
cleaned.  Those  showing  evidence  of  misuse  rendering  them  unfit  to 
serve  as  containers  for  food  products  shall  be  rejected.  The  use  of 
those  showing  no  evidence  of  previous  misuse  may  be  allowed  after 
they  have  been  thoroughly  and  properly  cleaned.  Steaming,  after 
thorough  scrubbing  and  rinsing,  is  essential  to  cleaning  tubs  and 
barrels. 

Paragraph  2.  Interiors  of  tank  cars  about  to  be  used  for  the  trans- 
portation of  any  meat  food  product  shall  be  carefully  inspected  for 
cleanliness  even  though  the  last  previous  content  was  edible.  Lye 
and  soda  solutions  used  in  cleaning  must  be  thoroughly  removed  by 
rinsing  with  clean  water.  In  their  examinations  bureau  employees 
shall  enter  the  tank  with  a  light  and  examine  all  parts  of  the  interior. 

Section  10.  The  outer  premises  of  every  official  establishment, 
en i bracing  docks  and  areas  where  cars  and  wagons  are  loaded,  and 
the  driveways,  approaches,  yards,  pens,  and  alleys,  shall  be  properly 
drained  and  kept  in  clean  and  orderly  condition.     All  catch  basins 


RECS.    8,    9.    SANITATION;    ANTE-MORTEM     [INSPECTION.  19 

03i  the  premises  shall  be  of  such  construction  and  location  and  be 
given  such  attention  as  will  insure  their  being  kept  in  acceptable 
conditio])  as  regards  odors  and  cleanliness.  The  accumulation  on 
the  premises  of  establishments  of  any  material  in  which  flies  may 
breedj  such  as  hog  hair,  bones,  paunch  contents,  or  manure,  is  for- 
bidden. No  nuisance  shall  be  allowed  in  any  establishment  or  on  its 
premises. 

Section  11.  No  establishment  shall  employ  in  any  department 
Where  any  meat  or  product  is  handled  or  prepared  any  person  affected 
with  tuberculosis  or  other  communicable  disease. 

Section  12.  When  necessary,  bureau  employees  shall  attach  a 
'•  {' .  S.  rejected"  tag  to  any  equipment  or  utensil  which  is  insanitary, 
or  tho  use  of  which  would  be  in  violation  of  these  regulations.  No 
equipment  or  utensil  so  tagged  shall  again  be  used  until  made  sani- 
tary. Such  tag  so  placed  shall  not  be  removed  by  anyone  other  than 
a  bureau  employee. 

REGULATION  9.  ANTE-MORTEM  INSPECTION. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  An  ante-mortem  examination  and  inspec- 
tion shall  be  made  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  about  to  be 
slaughtered  in  an  official  establishment  before  their  slaughter  shall  be 
allowed. 

Paragraph  2.  Such  ante-mortem  inspection  shall  be  made  in  pens 
on  the  premises  of  the  establishment  in  which  the  animals  are  about 
to  be  slaughtered,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  3  of  this  section. 

Paragraph  3.  At  each  official  station  where  there  are  public  stock- 
yards, upon  approval  of  the  chief  of  bureau,  ante-mortem  inspection 
may  be  conducted  at  the  scales  or  in  the  pens  of  the  yards.  Inspec- 
tion under  this  paragraph  shall  be  performed  only  on  animals  pre- 
sented for  inspection  by  an  official  establishment.  Except  as  pro- 
vided in  section  7  of  this  regulation,  every  animal  marked  as  a  suspect 
on  such  inspection  shall  be  slaughtered  at  an  official  establishment  of 
the  official  station  at  which  the  inspection  was  made.  If  any  such 
animal  be  not  so  slaughtered  or  disposed  of  in  compliance  with 
tion  7  of  this  regulation,  then  thereafter  no  ante-mortem  inspection 
shall  be  done  under  this  paragraph  for  the  official  establishment 
which  presented  the  animal  for  inspection,  and  ante-mortem  inspec- 
tion for  that  establishment  shall  bo  performed  only  in  pens  on  its 
premises  in  accordance  with  paragraph  2  of  this  section.  Upon  the 
chief  of  bureau  being  satisfied  at  any  time  that  inspection  at  scales 
or  in  pens  of  public  stockyards  is  being  used  for  speculative  or  other 
unfair  or  unjust  purposes  by  an  official  establishment  or  by  anyone 
in  whose  behalf  it  presents  animals  for  inspection  under  this  para- 
graph, then  he  shall  require  ante-mortem  inspection  for  that  estab- 


20  REG.    9.    ANTE-MORTEM   INSPECTION. 

lishment  thereafter  to  be  made  only  in  accordance  with  paragraph 
2  of  this  section.  The  chief  of  bureau  may  at  any  time  withdraw 
ante-mortem  inspection,  in  whole  or  in  part,  from  any  public  stock- 
yards. 

Paragraph  Jh  If  an  animal  marked  as  a  suspect  on  inspection  at 
public  stockyards  be  not  slaughtered  by  the  establishment  by  which 
it  was  presented  for  inspection,  then  such  animal  shall  be  removed 
from  the  place  of  inspection  only  under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau 
employee,  and,  until  slaughtered  in  compliance  with  paragraph  3  of 
this  section  or  disposed  of  pursuant  to  section  7  of  this  regulation, 
shall  remain  under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee.  Every 
animal  marked  as  a  suspect  on  inspection  in  the  pens  of  an  official 
establishment  shall  be  slaughtered  on  the  premises  of  that  establish- 
ment unless  disposed  of  pursuant  to  section  7  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  5.  The  withdrawal  of  ante-mortem  inspection  from  pub- 
he  stockyards,  in  whole  or  in  part,  shall  not  be  a  substitute  for,  but 
shall  be  in  addition  to,  any  penalty  for  violating  these  regulations 
elsewhere  prescribed  by  these  regulations  or  prescribed  by  the  meat 
inspection  act. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  All  animals  plainly  showing  on  ante- 
mortem  inspection  any  disease  or  condition  that  under  these  regula- 
tions would  cause  condemnation  of  their  carcasses  on  post-mortem 
inspection  shall  be  marked  "U.  S.  condemned"  and  disposed  of  in 
accordance  with  section  8  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  2.  All  hogs  plainly  showing  on  ante-mortem  inspection 
that  they  are  affected  with  either  hog  cholera  or  swine  plague  shall 
be  marked  "U.  S.  condemned"  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with 
section  8  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  3.  If  a  hog  has  a  temperature  of  106°  F.  or  higher,  and 
is  of  a  lot  in  which  there  are  symptoms  of  either  hog  cholera  or  swine 
plague,  in  case  of  doubt  as  to  the  cause  of  the  high  temperature,  after 
being  marked  for  identification,  it  may  be  held  for  a  reasonable  time, 
under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector,  for  further  observation  and 
taking  of  temperature.  Any  hog  so  held  shall  be  reinspected  on  the 
day  it  is  slaughtered.  If  upon  such  re-inspection,  or,  when  not  held 
for  further  observation  and  taking  of  temperature,  then  on  the  original 
inspection,  the  hog  has  a  temperature  of  106°  F.  or  higher,  it  shall 
be  condemned  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  section  8  of  this 
regulation. 

Paragraph  4.  All  animals  showing  on  ante-mortem  inspection 
ptoms  of  rabies,  tetanus,  milk  fever,  or  railroad  sickness  shall  be 
marked  "U.  S.  condemned"  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  sec- 
tion 8  of  tins  regulation.  ■ 

Paragraph  5.  Immature  animals  offered  for  ante-mortem  inspec- 
tion at  any  of  the  places  specified  in  this  regulation,  and  animals 


EEC.   9.    ANTE-MORTEM    INSPECTION.  21 

fou  (1  dead  or  in  e  dying  condition  on  premises  <>f  an  official  establish- 
ment, shall  1)0  marked  "l\  S.  condemned"  and  disposed  of  in  accord- 
ance with  section  8  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  6.  All  animals  which,  on  ante-mortem  inspection,  do 
not  plainly  show,  but  are  suspected  of  being  affected  with,  any  di 
or  condition  that,  under  these  regulations,  may  cause  condemnation, 
in  whole  or  in  part,  on  post-mortem  inspection,  shall  be  so  marked 
as  to  retain  their  identity  as  suspects  until  final  post-mortem  inspec- 
tion, when  the  carcasses  shall  be  marked  and  disposed  of  as  provided 
elsewhere  in  these  regulations,  or  until  disposed  of  in  accordance  with 
section  7  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  7.  All  seriously  crippled  animals  and  animals  commonly 
termed  "downers,"  if  not  marked  "U.  S.  condemned"  under  para- 
graph. 1 ,  2,  3,  or  4,  shall  be  marked  and  treated  as  suspects  in  accord- 
ance with  paragraph.  6,  of  this  section. 

ParagrapJi  S.  Animals  which  are  known  to  have  reacted  to  the 
tuberculin  test  and  which  are  to  be  slaughtered  at  an  official  estab- 
lishment shall  be  marked  and  treated  as  suspects  in  accordance  with 
paragraph  6  of  this  section. 

Section  3.  All  animals  required  by  these  regulations  to  be  treated 

as  suspects,  or  to  be  marked  as  suspects,  or  to  be  marked  so  as  to 
retain  their  identity  as  suspects,  shall  be  marked  by  or  under  the 
supervision  of  a  bureau  employee  "U.  S.  suspect,"  or  with  such  other 
distinctive  mark  or  marks  to  indicate  that  they  are  suspects  as  the 
chief  of  bureau  may  adopt.  No  such  mark  shall  be  removed  except 
by  a  bureau  employee. 

Section  4.  ParagrapJi  1.  All  hogs,  even  though  not  themselves 
marked  as  suspects,  which  are  of  lots  one  or  more  of  which  have  been 
condemned  or  marked  as  suspects  under  section  2  of  this  regulation 
for  either  hog  cholera  or  swine  plague,  shall,  so  far  as  possible,  be 
slaughtered  separately  and  apart  from  all  other  animals  passed  on 
ante-mortem  inspection. 

Paragraph  8.  All  animals  required  to  be  marked  as  suspects  shall 
be  set  apart  and,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  slaughtered 
separately  from  other  animal-  at  an  official  establishment.  In  order 
to  avoid  unnecessary  suffering,  crippled  animals  and  animals  com- 
monly termed  "downer-"  should  be  slaughtered  without  delay. 

Section  5.  In  all  cases  of  emergency  slaughter,  except  as  proi  i 
in  section  23  of  regulation  11,  the  animals  shall  be  inspected  imme- 
diately before  slaughter,  whether  theretofore  inspected  or  not.    When 
the  necessity  for  emergency  slaughter  exists  the  establishment  shall 
notify  the  inspector  in  charge  or  his  assistant  so  that  such  inspec 
may  be  made. 


22  BEG.    0.    ANTE-MORTEM   INSPECTION. 

Section  6.  Paragraph-  1.  When  any  condition  is  suspected  in 
which  the  question  of  temperature  is  important,  such,  as  hog  cholera, 
swine  plague,  Texas  fever,  anthrax,  blackleg,  pneumonia,  or  septi- 
cemia, and  in  the  case  of  animals  commonly  termed  " downers,"  the 
•t  temperature  shall  be  taken  and  recorded. 
ragraph  2.  If  any  animal  has  a  temperature  indicating  a  dis- 
eased condition,  in  case  of  doubt  as  to  the  cause  of  the  high  tempera- 
ture, after  being  marked  for  identification,  it  may  be  held  for  a  rea- 
sonable time,  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector,  for  further 
observation  and  taking  of  temperature,  before  its  final  disposal  is 
determined. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  The  slaughter  of  an  animal  which  has 
been  marked  as  a  suspect  on  account  of  pregnancy  or  on  account  of 
having  recently  given  birth  to  young,  and  which  has  not  been  exposed 
to  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease,  is  not  required.  Such  animal, 
together  with  its  young,  may  be  released  for  breeding  or  dairy  pur- 
poses, and  when  released  shall  be  promptly  removed  from  the  stock- 
yards or  premises  of  the  establishment  where  inspected.  At  the  time 
the  animal  is  released,  and  immediately  before  removal,  the  suspect 
mark  if  detachable  shall  be  detached  by  a  bureau  employee,  who 
shall  report  his  action  to  the  inspector  in  charge. 

Paragraph  2.  Vaccine  animals  with  unhealed  lesions  of  vaccinia, 
accompanied  by  fever,  which  have  not  been  exposed  to  any  other 
infectious  or  contagious  disease,  are  not  required  to  be  slaughtered 
and  may  be  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  paragraph  1  of  this  section. 

Section  8.  Animals  marked  "U.  S.  condemned"  shall  be  killed  by 
the  establishment,  if  not  already  dead,  and  shall  not  be  taken  into  an 
establishment  to  be  slaughtered  or  dressed,  nor  shall  they  be  conveyed 
into  any  department  of  the  establishment  used  for  edible  products, 
but  they  shall  be  disposed  of  and  tanked  in  the  manner  provided  for 
condemned  carcasses  in  regulation  14.  The  aU.  S.  condemned"  tag 
shall  not  be  removed  from,  but  shall  remain  on,  the  animal  when  it 
goes  into  the  tank.  The  number  of  such  tag  shall  be  reported  to  the 
inspector  in  charge  by  the  bureau  employee  who  affixed  it  and  also 
by  the  bureau  employee  who  supervises  the  tanking  of  the  animal. 

REGULATION  10.  POST-MORTEM  INSPECTION. 

Section  1 .  A  careful  post-mortem  examination  and  inspection  shall 
be  made  of  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine, 
and  goals  slaughtered  at  official  establishments.  Such  inspection 
and  examination  shall  be  made  at  the  time  of  slaughter,  except  in 
cases  of  emergencies  provided  for  in  section  23  of  regulation  11. 

Section  2.  The  head,  tongue,  tail,  thymus  gland,  and  all  viscera, 
and  all  parts  and  blood  to  be  used  in  the  preparation  of  meat  food 


REG.    10.    POgT-MOBTBM    INSPECTION.  23 

products  or  medical  products,  -hill  be  held  in  such  manner  as  to 
preserve  their  identity  until  after  post-mortem  examination  has  been 
completed,  in  order  that  they  may  be  identified  in  ca  <•  of  i  ondemna- 
tion  of  the  cares 

Section  3.  Paragraph  L  Each   carcass,   including  all    parts   and 

detached  organs  thereof,  in  which  any  lesion  of  disease  or  other 
condition  is  found  that  might  render  the  meat  or  any  organ  unfit  for 
food  purposes,  and  which  for  that  reason  would  require  a  subsequent 
inspection,  shall  be  retained  by  the  bureau  employee  at  the  time  of 
inspection  and  taken  to  the  place  designated  for  final  inspect  ion. 
The  identity  of  every  such  retained  carcass,  part,  and  detached  organ 
thereof  shall  be  maintained  until  the  final  inspection  has  been  i  om- 
pleted.  Retained  carcasses  shall  not  be  either  washed  or  trimmed 
unless  authorized  by  the  inspector. 

Paragraph  2.  Such  devices  and  methods  as  may  be  approved  by 
the  chief  of  bureau  may  be  used  for  the  temporary  identification  of 
retained  carcasses,  parts,  or  organs.  In  all  cases  the  identification 
shall  be  further  established  by  affixing  "U.  S.  retained"  tags  as  soon 
as  practicable  and  before  final  inspection.  These  tags  shall  not  be 
removed  except  by  a  bureau  employee. 

Section  4.  Each  carcass  or  part  which  is  found  on  final  inspection 
to  be  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food  shall  be  conspicuously  marked  on  the  surface  tissues 
thereof  by  a  bureau  employee  at  the  time  of  inspection  "tJ.  S. 
inspected  and  condemned. ,;  Condemned  detached  organs  and  parts 
of  such  character  that  they  can  not  be  so  marked  shall  be  immediately 
placed  in  trucks  or  receptacles  which  shall  be  kept  plainly  marked 
"U.  S.  inspected  and  condemned"  in  letters  not  less  than  2  inches 
high.  All  condemned  carcasses,  parts,  and  organs  shall  remain  in 
the  custody  of  a  bureau  employee  and  shall  be  tanked  as  required  in 
these  regulations  at  or  before  the  close  of  the  day  on  which  they  are 
condemned,  or  be  locked  in  the  aU.  S.  condemned"  room  or  com- 
partment. Condemned  articles  shall  not  be  allowed  to  accumulate 
unnecessarily  in  the  condemned  room  or  compartment. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1.  Carcasses  and  parts  passed  for  steriliza- 
tion shall  be  conspicuously  marked  on  the  surface  tissues  thereof  by 

a  bureau  employee  at  the  time  of  inspection  "Passed  i^v  sterilization." 
All  such  carcasses  and  parts  shall  be  sterilized  in  accordance  with 
regulation  15  and  until  so  sterilized  -hall  remain  in  the  custody  of  a 
bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  ;?.  In  all  cases  where  carcasses  showing  localized  lesions 
of  disease  are  passed  for  food  or  for  sterilization  the  diseased  J 
shall  be  removed  before  the  "U.  S.  retained"  tag  is  taken  from  the 
carcass,  and  such  parts  shall  be  condemned. 


24  KEG.    10.    POST-MORTEM   INSPECTION. 

Section  <>.  Carcasse  and  parts  found  to  be  sound,  healthful,  whole- 
some,  and  fit  for  human  food  shall  be  passed  and  marked  as  provided 
In  these  regulations. 

Section  7.  Hog  carcasses  found  before  evisceration  to  be  affected 
win i  an  infectious  or  contagious  disease,  including  tuberculosis,  shall 
not  be  eviscerated  at  the  regular  killing  bed  or  bench,  but  shall  be 
retained  and  separated  from  other  carcasses  and  taken  to  the  final 
inspection  room  or  place  and  there  opened  and  examined.  This 
requirement,  however,  may  be  waived  for  those  slaughter  floors  where 
the  number  of  animals  slaughtered  per  hour  is  small  and  on  which 
the  inspection  facilities  are  such  as  permit  a  ready,  efficient,  and  sani- 
tary performance  of  the  final  inspection  without  such  separation. 

Section  8.  Paragraph  1.  When  a  carcass  is  to  be  dressed  with  the 
skin  or  hide  left  on,  the  skin  or  hide  shall  be  thoroughly  washed  and 
cleaned  before  evisceration. 

Paragraph  2.  All  hair,  scurf,  and  dirt  shall  be  removed  from  hog 
carcasses,  and  the  carcasses  thoroughly  washed  and  cleaned,  before 
any  incision  is  made  for  inspection  or  evisceration. 

Paragraph  3.  Skins  and  hides  from  animals  condemned  for  tuber- 
culosis or  any  disease  communicable  to  man  or  other  animal  may  be 
removed  from  the  establishment,  except  as  provided  in  section  2  of 
regulation  11,  for  tanning  or  other  industrial  use;  but  they  shall  be 
removed  for  these  uses  only  after  disinfection  as  follows:  Each  skin 
or  hide  shall  be  immersed  for  not  less  than  five  minutes  in  a  5  per  cent 
solution  of  liquor  cresolis  compositus,  or  a  5  per  cent  solution  of 
carbolic  acid.  The  process  of  skinning  and  dipping  shall  be  conducted 
entirely  in  the  retaining  room,  or  other  specially  prepared  place 
approved  by  the  inspector  in  charge,  and  under  the  supervision  of  a 
bureau  employee. 

Section  9.  The  sternum  of  each  carcass  shall  be  split  and  spread 
apart  at  the  time  of  slaughter  so  as  to  expose  the  lungs,  heart,  fiver, 
and  thoracic  cavity,  in  order  to  allow  proper  inspection  and  drainage. 

Section  10.  Carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  shall  not  be  inflated 
with  air.  Transferring  the  caul  or  other  fat  from  fat  to  lean  carcasses 
is  prohibited. 

Section  11.  When  only  a  portion  of  a  carcass  is  to  be  condemned 
on  account  of  slight  bruises,  either  the  bruised  portion  shall  be 
removed  immediately  and  tanked  or  the  carcass  shall  be  immediately 
placed  in  a  retaining  room  and  kept  until  chilled  and  the  bruised 
portion  then  removed  and  tanked. 


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REGULATION  11.  DISPOSAL  OF  DISEASED  CARCASSES  AND  PARTS. 

Section  1:  The  carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  of  all  animals 
slaughtered  at  an  official  establishment  and  found  at  the  time  <>f 
slaughter  or  at  any  subsequent  inspection  to  be  affected  with  any 

of  the  diseases  or  conditions  named  in  other  sections  of  this  j-  \ 
tion  shall  be  disposed  of  according  to  the  section  of  this  regulation 
pertaining  to  the  disease  or  condition.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  it  is 
impracticable  to  formulate  rules  covering  every  case  and  to  designate 
at  just  what  stage  a  process  becomes  loathsome  or  a  disease  noxious, 
the  decision  as  to  the  disposal  of  all  carcasses,  parts,  or  organs  not 
specifically  covered  by  these  regulations  shall  be  left  to  the  inspector 
in  charge. 

Section  2.  All  parts,  including  hides,  hoofs,  horns,  viscera,  intes- 
tinal contents,  fat,  and  blood,  of  animals  the  carcasses  of  which  show 
lesions  of  anthrax,  regardless  of  the  extent  of  the  disease,  shall  be 
condemned  and  immediately  incinerated  or  otherwise  completely 
destroyed.  The  killing  bed  upon  which  the  animal  was  slaughtered 
shall  be  disinfected  with  a  1  to  1 ,000  solution  of  bichlorid  of  mercury, 
and  all  knives,  saws,  cleavers,  and  other  instruments  which  have 
come  in  contact  with  the  carcass  shall  be  treated  as  provided  in 
paragraph  3  of  section  7  of  regulation  8  before  being  used  upon  another 
care a--. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  The  following  principles  are  declared  for 
guidance  in  .passing  on  carcasses  affected  with  tuberculosis: 

Principle  A.  Xo  meat  should  be  used  for  food  if  it  contains  tubercle 
bacilli,  or  if  there  is  a  reasonable  possibility  that  it  may  contain 
tubercle  bacilli,  or  if  it  is  impregnated  with  toxic  substance  of  tuber- 
culosis or  associated  septic  infections. 

Principle  B.  Meat  should  not  be  destroyed  if  the  lesions  are 
localized  and  not  numerous,  if  there  is  no  evidence  of  distribution  of 
tubercle  bacilli  through  the  blood  or  by  other  means  to  the  muscles 
or  to  parts  that  may  be  eaten  with  the  muscles,  and  if  the  animal  is 
well  nourished  and  in  good  condition,  since1  in  this  case  there  i-  no 
proof,  or  even  reason  to  suspect,  that  the  flesh  is  unwholesome. 

Principle  C.    Evidences    of    generalized    tuberculosis    are    to    be 
soughl  in  such  distribution  ami  number  of  tuberculous  lesions  a 
be  explained  only  upon  the  supposition  of  the  entrance  of  tubercle 

Mi  in  considerable  number  into  the  systemic  circulation. 
nificant  of  such  generalization  is  tic1  presence  of  numerous  uniformly 
distributed  tubercles  throughout  both  lung-,  also  tubercles  in  the 
spleen,  kidneys,  bones,  joints,  and  sexual  glands,  and  in  the  lymph 
glands  connected  with  the-1  organs  and  parts,  or  in  the  splenic,  renal, 
prescapular,  popliteal,  and  inguinal  glands,  when  several  of 
organs  and  parts  are  coincidentally  affected. 


2G  BEG.    11.    DISPOSAL    OF    DISEASED    CARCASSES,    ETC. 

Principle  D.  Localized  tuberculosis  is  tuberculosis  limited  to  a 
single  or  several  parts  or  organs  of  the  body  without  evidence  of 
recent  invasion  of  numerous  bacilli  into  the  systemic  circulation. 

Paragraph  2.  The  meat  of  animals  affected  with  tuberculosis 
shall  be  disposed  of  as  follows: 

Rule  A.  The  entire  carcass  shall  be  condemned  if  any  of  the  following 
conditions  occur : 

(a)  When  it  was  observed  before  the  animal  was  killed  that  it  was 
suffering  with  fever. 

(b)  When  there  is  a  tuberculous  or  other  cachexia,  as  shown  by 
anemia  and  emaciation. 

(c)  When  the  lesions  of  tuberculosis  are  generalized,  as  shown  by 
then-  presence  not  only  at  the  usual  seats  of  primary  infection  but 
also  in  parts  of  the  carcass  or  in  the  organs  that  may  be  reached  by 
the  bacilli  of  tuberculosis  only  when  they  are  carried  in  the  systemic 
circulation.  Tuberculous  lesions  in  any  two  of  the  following  men- 
tioned organs  are  to  be  accepted  as  evidence  of  generalization  when 
they  occur  in  addition  to  local  tuberculous  lesions  in  the  digestive 
or  respiratory  tracts,  including  the  lymph  glands  connected  there- 
with: Spleen,  kidney,  uterus,  udder,  ovary,  testicle,  adrenal  gland, 
and  brain  or  spinal  cord  or  their  membranes.  Numerous  tubercles 
uniformly  distributed  throughout  both  lungs  also  afford  evidence  of 
generalization. 

(d)  When  the  lesions  of  tuberculosis  are  found  in  the  muscles  or 
intermuscular  tissue  or  bones  or  joints,  or  in  the  body  lymph  glands 
as  a  result  of  draining  the  muscles,  bones,  or  joints. 

(e)  When  the  lesions  are  extensive  in  one  or  both  body  cavities. 

(f)  When  the  lesions  are  multiple,  acute,  and  actively  progressive. 
(Evidence  of  active  progress  consists  in  signs  of  acute  inflammation 
about  the  lesions,  or  liquefaction  necrosis,  or  the  presence  of  young 
tubercles.) 

Rule  B.  An  organ  or  a  part  of  a  carcass  shall  be  condemned  under 
any  of  the  following  conditions: 

(a)  When  it  contains  lesions  of  tuberculosis. 

(b)  When  the  lesion  is  localized  but  immediately  adjacent  to  the 
flesh,  as  in  the  case  of  tuberculosis  of  the  parietal  pleura  or  peri- 
toneum. In  this  case  not  only  the  membrane  or  part  affected  but  also 
the  adjacent  thoracic  or  abdominal  wall  is  to  be  condemned. 

(c)  When  it  has  been  contaminated  by  tuberculous  material 
through  contact  with  the  floor  or  a  soiled  knife  or  otherwise. 

(d)  Heads  showing  lesions  of  tuberculosis  shall  be  condemned, 
except  that  when  the  heads  of  hogs  are  from  carcasses  passed  for 
food  or  for  sterilization  and  the  lesions  are  slight,  are  calcified  or 
encapsulated,  wad  are  confined  to  lymph  glands  in  which  not  more 
than  two  glands  are  involved,  the  head  may  bo  passed  for  steriliza- 
tion after  tho  diseased  tissues  have  been  removed  and  condemned. 


REG.    11.    DISPOSAL   OF    DISEASED   0ABCASSE6,   ETC.  27 

(c)  Aii  organ  shall  be  condemned  when  the  <  tding  lymph 

gland  is  tuberculous. 

Rule  C.  Carcasses  showing  Lesions  of  tuberculosis  should  I" 
for  food  when  the  lesions  are  slight,  localized,  and  calcified  i 
sulated,  or  are  limited  to  a  single  or  several  parts  or  organs  of •  the 
body  (except  as  noted  in  Rule  A),  and  there  is  no  evidence  of  recent 
invasion  of  tubercle  bacilli  into  the  systemic  circulation.     Under  this 
rule  carcasses  showing  such  lesions  as  the  following  may  be  pa 
after  the  parts  containing  the  lesions  are  removed  and  condemned  in 
accordance  with  Rule  B: 

(a)  In  the  cervical  lymph  glands  and  two  groups  of  visceral  lymph 
glands  in  a  single  body  cavity,  such  as  the  cervical,  bronchial,  and 
mediastinal  glands,  or  the  cervical,  hepatic,  and  mesenteric  glands. 

(h)  In  the  cervical  lymph  glands  and  one  group  of  visceral  lymph 
glands  and  one  organ  in  a  single  body  cavity,  such  as  the  cervical  and 
bronchial  glands  and  the  lungs,  or  the  cervical  and  hepatic  glands  and 
the  liver. 

(c)  In  two  groups  of  visceral  lymph  glands  and  ono  organ  in  a 
single  body  cavity,  sucb  as  the  bronchial  and  mediastinal  glands  and 
the  lungs,  or  the  hepatic  and  mesenteric  glands  and  the  liver. 

(cl)  In  two  groups  of  visceral  lymph  glands  in  the  thoracic  cavity 
and  one  group  in  the  abdominal  cavity,  or  in  one  group  of  visceral 
lymph  glands  in  the  thoracic  cavity  and  two  groups  in  the  abdominal 
cavity,  such  as  the  bronchial,  mediastinal,  and  hepatic  glands,  or  tho 
bronchial,  hepatic,  and  mesenteric  glands. 

(<)  In  the  cervical  lymph  glands  and  one  group  of  visceral  lymph 
glands  in  each  body  cavity,  such  as  the  cervical,  bronchial,  and 
hepatic  glands. 

(/)  In  the  cervical  lymph  glands  and  one  group  of  visceral  lymph 
glands  in  each  body  cavity,  together  with  the  liver  when  the  latter 
contains  but  few  localized  foci.  In  this  class  of  carcasses,  which  will 
be  chiefly  those  of  hogs,  the  lesions  of  tho  liver  are  considered  to  bo 
primary,  as  the  disease  is  practically  always  of  alimentary  origin. 

Rule  D.  Carcasses  which  reveal  Lesions  more  severe  or  more 
numerous  than  those  described  for  carcasses  to  be  passed  (Rule  Q, 
but  not  so  severe  nor  so  numerous  as  the  lesions  described  for  car- 
casses to  be  condemned  (Rule  A),  may  be  rendered  into  lard  or 
tallow  or  otherwise  sterilized  in  accordance  with  regulation  I",  if 
the  distribution  of  the  lesions  is  such  that  all  parts  containing  tuber- 
culous lesions  can  be  removed. 

Section  4.  Paragraph  1.  The  carcasses  <<f  all  hogs  marked  i 

pects  on  ante-mortem  inspection  shall  be  given  careful  post-mo 
inspection,  and  if  it  appears  that  they  are  affected  with  either  acute 
hog  cholera  or  swine  plague,  they  shall  be  condemned. 


28  KEG.    11. 

Paragraph  2.  Carcasses  of  hogs  which  show  acute  and  characteristic 
lesions  of  either  hog  cholera  or  swine  plague  in  any  organ  or  tissue, 
other  than  the  lddneys  or  lymph  glands,  shall  be  condemned.  Inas- 
much as  lesions  resembling  lesions  of  hog  cholera  or  swine  plague 
occur  in  the  kidneys  and  lymph  glands  of  hogs  not  affected  with  either 
hog  cholera  or  swine  plague,  carcasses  of  hogs  in  the  lddneys  or  lymph 
glands  of  which  appear  any  lesions  resembling  lesions  of  either  hog 
cholera  or  swine  plague  shall  be  carefully  further  inspected  for  cor- 
roborative lesions.     On  such  further  inspection — 

(a)  If  the  carcass  shows  such  lesions  in  the  kidneys  or  in  the  lymph 
glands  or  in  both,  accompanied  by  characteristic  lesions  in  some  other 
organ  or  tissue,  then  all  lesions  shall  be  regarded  as  those  of  hog 
cholera  or  swine  plague,  and  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned. 

(b)  If  the  carcass  shows  in  any  organ  or  tissue,  other  than  the 
kidneys  or  lymph  glands,  lesions  of  either  hog  cholera  or  swine  plague, 
which  are  slight  and  limited  in  extent,  it  shall  be  passed  for  sterili- 
zation in  accordance  with  regulation  15. 

(c)  If  the  carcass  shows  no  indication  of  either  hog  cholera  or 
swine  plague  in  any  organ  or  tissue  other  than  the  kidneys  or  lymph 
glands,  it  shall  be  passed  for  food,  unless  some  other  provision  of  these 
regulations  requires  a  different  disposal. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1.  Carcasses  of  animals  showing  generalized 
actinomycosis  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  Carcasses  of  animals  in  a  well-nourished  condition 
showing  uncomplicated  localized  actinomycotic  lesions  may  be  passed 
after  the  infected  organs  or  parts  have  been  removed  and  condemned, 
except  as  provided  in  paragraph  3  of  this  section. 

Paragraph  3.  Heads  affected  with  actinomycosis  (lumpy  jaw), 
including  the  tongue,  shall  be  condemned,  except  that  when  the  dis- 
ease of  the  jaw  is  slight,  strictly  localized,  and  without  suppuration, 
fistulous  tracts,  or  lymph-gland  involvement,  the  tongue,  if  free  from 
disease,  may  be  passed. 

Section  6.  Carcasses  of  animals  affected  with,  or  showing  lesions 
of,  any  of  the  following  named  diseases  or  conditions  shall  be  con- 
demned : 

(a)  Blackleg. 

(b)  Hemorrhagic  septicemia. 

(c)  Pyemia. 

(d)  Septicemia. 
(c)  Texas  fever. 

if)  Malignant  epizootic  catarrh. 

(g)  Unhealed  vaccine  lesions. 

(h)  Parasitic  ictero-hematuria  in  sheep. 


REG.    11.    DISPOSAL   OF   DISEASED   CARCASSES,   ETC.  29 

Section  7.  Any  individual  organ  or  pari  of  a  carcass  affected  with 
carcinoma  or  sarcoma  shall  be  condemned.     In  case,  the  carcinoma  Or 

sarcoma  involves  any  internal  organ  to  a  marked  extent,  or  affects  the 
muscles,  skeleton,  or  body  lymph  glands,  even  primarily,  the  carcass 
shall  be  condemned.     In  case  of  metastasis  to  any  other  organ  or  part 
of  a  carcass,  or  if  metastasis  has  not  occurred  but  there  arc  pi 
sec  >ndary  changes  in  the  muscles  (serous  infiltration,  flabbines 
the  like),  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  8.  Carcasses  of  animals  showing  any  disease  such  as  gen- 
eralized melanosis,  pseudo-leukemia,  and  the  like,  which  affects  the 
system  of  the  animal,  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  9.  All  slight,  well  limited  abrasions  on  the  tongue  and 
inner  surface  of  the  lips  and  mouth,  when  without  lymph-gland 
involvement,  shall  be  carefully  excised,  leaving  only  sound,  normal 
tissue,  which  may  be  passed.  Any  organ  or  part  of  a  carcass  which  is 
badly  bruised  or  which  is  affected  by  a  tumor,  an  abscess,  or  a  suppu- 
rating sore,  shall  be  condemned;  and  when  the  lesions  are  of  such 
character  or  extent  as  to  affect  the  whole  carcass,  the  whole  carcass 
shall  be  condemned.  Parts  of  carcasses  which  are  contaminated  by 
pus  shall  be  condemned. 

Sectiox  10.  All  carcasses  of  animals  so  infected  that  consumption 
of  the  meat  or  meat  food  products  thereof  may  give  rise  to  meat 
poisoning  shall  be  condemned.  This  includes  all  carcasses  showing 
signs  of  either — 

(«)  Acute  inflammation  of  the  lungs,  pleura,  pericardium,  perito- 
ncum,  or  meninges. 

(b)  Septicemia  or  pyemia,  whether  puerperal,  traumatic,  or  without 
any  evident  cause. 

(c)  Gangrenous  or  severe  hemorrhagic  enteritis  or  gastritis. 

(d)  Acute  diffuse  metritis  or  mammitis. 

(e)  Polyarthritis. 

(J)  Phlebitis  of  the  umbilical  veins. 

(g)  Traumatic  pericarditis. 

(h)  Any  acute  inflammation,  abscess,  or  suppurating  sore,  if  asso- 
ciated with  acute  nephritis,  fatty  and  degenerated  liver,  .swollen 
30ft  spleen,  marked  pulmonary  hyperemia,  general  swelling  of  lymph 
glands,  or  diffuse  redness  of  the  skin,  either  singly  or  in  combination. 

Immediately  after  the  slaughter  of  any  animal  so  diseased,  the 
premises  and  implements  used  shall  be  thoroughly  disinfected  as 
prescribed  elsewhere  in  these  regulations.  The  part  of  any  car- 
cass coming  into  contact  with  the  carcass  or  any  part  of  the  car- 
cass of  any  animal  covered  by  this  section,  other  than  those  affected 
with  the  diseases  mentioned  in  (a)  above,  or  with  the  place  where 
such    diseased    animal    was    slaughtered,    or  with  the    implements 


30  REG.    11.   DISPOSAL   OF   DISEASED   CARCASSES,   ETC. 

used  in  the  slaughter  thereof,  before  thorough  disinfection  of  such 
place  and  implements  has  been  accomplished,  or  with  any  other 
contaminated  object,  shall  be  condemned.  In  case  the  contaminated 
part  is  not  removed  from  the  carcass  within  two  hours  after  such 
contact  the  whole  carcass  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  1 1 .  From  the  standpoint  of  meat  inspection,  necrobacillo- 
sis  (lip-and-leg  ulceration)  may  be  regarded  as  a  local  affection  at  the 
beginning,  and  carcasses  in  which  the  lesions  are  so  localized  may 
be  passed  for  food  if  in  a  good  state  of  nutrition,  after  removing  and 
condemning  those  portions  affected  with  necrotic  lesions.  On  the 
other  hand,  when  emaciation,  cloudy  swelling  of  the  glandular  organs, 
or  enlargement  and  discoloration  of  the  lymph  glands  are  associated 
with  the  affection,  it  is  evident  that  the  disease  has  progressed  beyond 
the  condition  of  localization  to  a  state  of  toxemia,  and  the  entire 
carcass  should  therefore  be  condemned  as  both  imiutritious  and 
noxious.  Septicemia  or  pyemia  may  intervene  as  a  complication  of 
the  local  necrosis,  and  when  present  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned 
in  accordance  with  section  6  (c,  d)  of  this  regulation. 

Section  12.  When  extensive  lesions  of  caseous  lymphadenitis,  with 
or  without  pleuritic  adhesions,  are  found  in  the  lungs,  or  if  several  of 
the  visceral  organs  contain  caseous  nodules  and  the  carcass  is 
emaciated,  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned.  When  the  lesions  of 
caseous  lymphadenitis  are  limited  to  the  superficial  glands  or  to  a  few 
nodules  in  an  organ,  involving  also  the  adjacent  lymph  glands,  and 
the  carcass  is  well  nourished,  the  meat  may  be  passed  after  the 
affected  parts  are  removed  and  condemned. 

Section  13.  Carcasses  showing  any  degree  of  icterus  with  a  paren- 
chymatous degeneration  of  organs,  the  result  of  infection  or  intoxica- 
tion, and  those  which  show  an  intense  yellow  or  greenish  yellow  dis- 
coloration without  evidence  of  infection  or  intoxication,  shall  be  con- 
demned. Carcasses  affected  with  icterus,  the  result  of  conditions 
other  than  those  before  stated  in  this  section,  but  which  lose  such 
discoloration  on  chilling,  shall  be  passed  for  food,  while  those  which 
do  not  so  lose  such  discoloration  may  be  passed  for  sterilization. 
No  carcass  affected  with  icterus  may  be  passed  for  food  or  for  steriliza- 
tion unless  the  final  inspection  thereof  is  completed  under  natural 
light. 

Section  14.  Carcasses  which  give  off  the  odor  of  urine  or  a  sexual 
odor  shall  be  condemned.  When  the  final  inspection  of  such  car- 
casses is  deferred  until  they  have  been  chilled,  the  disposal  shall  be 
determined  by  (lie  heating  test. 

Section  15.  Paragraph  1 .  Carcasses  of  animals  affected  with  mange 
or  scab  in  advanced  stages,  or  showing  emaciation  or  extension  of  the 


REG.    11.    DISPOSAL    OF    DISEASED   CARCASSES,   ETC.  31 

inflammation  to  the  flesh,  shall  be  condemned.     When  the  di- 
is  slight,  the  carcass  may  he  passed. 
Paragraph  2.  Carcasses  of  hogs  affected  with  urticaria  (diamond 

skhi  disease),  Tinea  tonsurans,  Demodcxfotticulorum,  or  erythema  may 
be  passed  after  detaching  the  affected  skin,  if  the  is  oth<  i 

fit  for  food. 

Section  10.  Paragraph  1.  Carcasses  of  cattle  (including  the 
cera)  infested  with  tapeworm  cysts  known  as  Cysticercus  l< 
be  condemned  if  the  infestation  is  excessive  or  if  the  meat  is  watery 
or  discolored.  Carcasses  shall  be  considered  excessively  infested  if 
incisions  in  various  parts  of  the  musculature  expose  on  most  of  the 
cut  surfaces  two  or  more  cysts  within  an  area  the  size  of  the  palm  of 
the  hand. 

Paragraph  2.  Carcasses  of  cattle  s) lowing  a  slight  infestation,  that 
is,  not  to  exceed  ten  cysts,  as  determined  by  a  careful  examination 
of  the  heart,  muscles  of  mastication,  tongue,  diaphragm  and  its 
pillars,  and  of  portions  of  the  carcass  rendered  visible  by  the  proc- 
ess of  dressing,  may  be  passed  for  food  after  removal  and  condem- 
nation of  the  cysts,  with  the  surrounding  tissues,  provided  the  car- 
casses and  parts,  appropriately  identified  by  retained  tags,  are  held 
in  cold  storage  or  pickle  for  not  less  than  twenty-one  days  under 
conditions  which  will  insure  proper  preservation;  and  provided, 
further,  that  if  the  temperature  at  whicli  such  carcasses  and  parts 
are  held  in  cold  storage  does  not  exceed  15°  F.,  the  period  of  reten- 
tion may  be  reduced  to  six  days.  Carcasses  which  show  no  cysts 
except  in  the  heart  may  be  passed  for  food  after  retention  in  cold 
storage  or  pickle  as  above4  provided,  irrespective  of  the  number  of 
cysts  in  the  heart. 

Paragraph  3.  Carcasses  of  cattle  showing  a  moderate  infestation, 
that  is,  a  greater  number  of  cysts  than  mentioned  in  paragraph  2, 
but  which  are  not  so  extensively  infested  as  indicated  in  paragraph 
1,  of  this  section,  may  be  passed  for  sterilization.  In  case  such  car- 
casses are  not  sterilized  as  required  by  regulation  15,  they  shall  be 
condemned. 

Paragraph  4-  Fats  of  carcasses  passed  for  food  or  for  sterilization 
under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  2  and  3  may  he  passed  for  food 
provided  they  are  melted  at  a  temperature  of  not  less  than  110°  F. 
The  edible  viscera,  except  the  lungs  ami  heart,  of  carcasses  passed 
for  food  or  f<»r  sterilization  tinder  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  2  and 
o  may  he  passed  for  food  without  refrigeration  or  other  proce 
sterilization  provided  fchey  are  found  to  be  free  from  infestation  noon 
final  inspection.  The  intestines,  weasands,  and  bladders  from  beef 
carcasses  affected  with  (  -  ■■/*  bovis  which  have  bi  en  pai   ed  for 

food  or  for  sterilization  may  be  used  for  casings  after  they  have  been 


32  KEG.    11.    DISPOSAL    OF    DISEASED    CARCASSES,   ETC. 

subjected  to  the  usual  methods  of  preparation  and  may  be  passed 
for  such  purpose  upon  completion  of  the  final  inspection. 

Paragraph  5.  The  inspection  for  Cysticercus  bovis  may  be  omitted 
in  the  case  of  calves  under  six  weeks  old.  The  routine  inspection  of 
calves  over  six  weeks  old  for  Cysticercus  bovis  may  be  limited  to  a 
careful  examination  of  the  surface  of  the  heart  and  such  surfaces  of 
the  body  musculature  as  are  rendered  visible  by  the  process  of 
dressing. 

Section  17.  Carcasses  of  hogs  affected  with  tapeworm  cysts  (Cysti- 
cercus cellulosse)  may.be  passed  for  sterilization,  but  if  the  infestation 
is  excessive  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  18.  Paragraph  1 .  In  the  disposal  of  carcasses,  edible  organs, 
and  parts  of  carcasses  showing  evidence  of  infestation  with  parasites 
not  transmissible  to  man,  the  following  general  rules  shall  govern: 
If  the  lesions  are  localized  in  such  a  manner  and  are  of  such  a  char- 
acter that  the  parasites  and  the  lesions  caused  by  them  may  be 
radically  removed,  the  nonaffected  portion  of  the  carcass,  organ,  or 
part  of  the  carcass  may  be  passed  for  food  after  the  removal  and 
condemnation  of  the  affected  portions.  If  an  organ  or  a  part  of  a 
carcass  shows  numerous  lesions  caused  by  parasites,  or  if  the  char- 
acter of  the  infestation  is  such  that  complete  extirpation  of  the 
parasites  and  lesions  is  difficult  and  uncertainly  accomplished,  or  if 
the  parasitic  infestation  or  invasion  renders  the  organ  or  part  in  any 
way  unfit  for  food,  the  affected  organ  or  p'art  shall  be  condemned. 
If  parasites  are  found  to  be  distributed  in  a  carcass  in  such  a  man- 
ner or  to  be  of  such  a  character  that  their  removal  and  the  removal 
of  the  lesions  caused  by  them  are  impracticable,  no  part  of  the 
carcass  shall  be  passed  for  food.  If  the  infestation  is  excessive  the 
carcass  shall  be  condemned.  If  the  infestation  is  moderate  the  car- 
cass may  be  passed  for  sterilization,  but  in  case  such  carcass  is  not 
sterilized  as  required  by  regulation  15  it  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  In  the  case  of  sheep  carcasses  affected  with  tape- 
worm cysts  located  in  the  muscles  (Cysticercus  ovis,  so-called  sheep 
measles,  not  transmissible  to  man)  the  carcass  may  be  passed  after 
the  removal  and  condemnation  of  the  affected  portions;  provided, 
however,  that  if  upon  the  final  inspection  of  sheep  carcasses  retained 
on  account  of  measles  the  total  number  of  cysts  found  embedded  in 
muscle  or  in  immediate  relation  with  muscular  tissue,  including  the 
heart,  exceeds  five,  this  shall  be  taken  to  indicate  that  the  cysts  are 
so  generally  distributed  and  so  numerous  that  their  removal  would 
be  impracticable,  and  the  entire  carcass  shall  be  condemned  or 
passed  for  sterilization,  according  to  the  degree  of  infestation.  If 
n<>(  to  exceed  five  cysts  are  found  upon  final  inspection,  the  carcass 
may  be  passed  after  the  removal  and  condemnation  of  the  affected 
portions. 


REG.    11.    DISPOSAL   OF    DISEASED   CABCASSES,   ETC.  33 

Paragraph  3.  Carcasses  of  a  imals  found  infested  with  gid  bladder 
worms  (Camurus  cerebralis,  Multiceps  mvlticeps)  may  l>'v  passed  after 
condemnation  of  the  affected  organ  (brain  or  spinal  cord). 

Paragraph  4-  Organs  or  parts  of  carcasses  infested  with  hydatid 
cysts  (Echinococcus)  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  5.  Livers  infested  with  flukes  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  19.  Carcasses  of  animals  too  emaciated  or  anemic  to  pro- 
duce wholesome  meat,  and  carcasses  which  show  a  slimy  degeneration 
of  the  fat  or  a  serous  infiltration  of  the  muscles,  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  20.  Carcasses  of  animals  in  advanced  stages  of  pregnancy 
(showing  signs  of  parturition),  also  carcasses  of  animals  which  have 
within  ten  days  given  birth  to  young  and  in  which  there  is  no  evidence 
of  septic  infection,  may  be  passed  for  sterilization;  otherwise,  they 
shall  be  condemned. 

Section  21.  Paragraph  1.  Carcasses  of  calves,  pigs,  kids,  and 
lambs  too  immature  to  produce  wholesome  meat  shall  be  condemned. 
Such  carcasses  shall  be  considered  too  immature  to  produce  wholesome 
meat  if  (a)  the  meat  has  the  appearance  of  being  water-soaked,  is 
loose,  flabby,  tears  easily,  and  can  be  perforated  with  the  fingers ;  or 
(6)  its  color  is  grayish  red;  or  (c)  good  muscular  development  as  a 
whole  is  lacking,  especially  noticeable  on  the  upper  shank  of  the  leg, 
where  small  amounts  of  serous  infiltrates  or  small  edematous  patches 
are  sometimes  present  between  the  muscles;  or  (a1)  the  tissue  which 
later  develops  as  the  fat  capsule  of  the  kidneys  is  edematous,  dirty 
yellow  or  grayish  red,  tough,  and  intermixed  with  islands  of  fat. 

Paragraph  2.  All  unborn  and  stillborn  animals  shall  be  condemned. 

Paragraph  3.  Meat  and  organs  such  as  lungs  and  livers  which  have 
been  condemned  on  account  of  parasitic  infestation  or  invasion,  and 
the  flesh  of  immature  and  unborn  animals  and  of  animals  which  have 
been  condemned  on  account  of  emaciation  and  recent  parturition, 
may  be  utilized  at  official  establishments  in  the  manufacture  of 
poultry  feed,  provided  that  such  organs  or  tissues  are  sterilized  by 
thorough  cooking,  steam  rendering,  or  desiccation  under  high  tem- 
perature. If  so  utilized,  such  organs  and  tissues  shall  be  handled  and 
prepared  in  rooms  or  places  separate  and  apart  from  those  in  which 
edible  products  are  handled,  prepared,  or  stored. 

Section  22.  Hogs  which  have  entered  the  scalding  vat  alive  or 
which  have  been  suffocated  in  any  way  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  23.  When  it  is  necessary  for  humane  reasons  to  slaughter 
an  injured  animal  at  night  or  on  Sunday  or  a  holiday  when  the 
inspector  can  not  be  obtained,  the  carcass  and  all  parts  shall  be  kept 
for  inspect  ion,  with  the  head  and  all  viscera  except  the  stomach, 
bladder,  and  intestines  held  by  the  natural  attachments,  if  all  parts 
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34        BEG.    12,    13.    UNINSPECTED   CAJiCASSES ;    TANK    ROOMS,    ETC. 

are  not  so  kept  for  inspection,  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned.  If  on 
inspection  of  a  carcass  slaughtered  in  the  absence  of  an  inspector  any 
lesion  or  condition  is  found  indicating  that  the  animal  was  sick  or 
diseased,  the  carcass  shall  be  condemned. 

REGULATION  12.  CARCASSES    OF    ANIMALS    SLAUGHTERED    WITHOUT 
ANTE-MORTEM  INSPECTION. 

Section  1.  No  carcass  of  an  animal  slaughtered  in  the  United 
States  which  has  not  had  ante-mortem  inspection  by  a  bureau 
employee  shall  be  brought  into  an  official  establishment,  except  that 
carcasses  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  slaughtered  by  a  farmer 
on  the  farm,  to  which  the  head  and  all  viscera  other  than  the  stomach, 
bladder,  and  intestines,  are  held  by  the  natural  attachments,  may  be 
received  for  inspection  at  official  establishments  where  there  is  a 
veterinary  inspector,  upon  the  conditions  prescribed  in  this  section. 
After  receipt  in  an  official  establishment,  every  such  carcass  shall  be 
inspected,  and  if  found  to  be  free  from  disease  and  otherwise  sound, 
healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food,  it  shall  be  marked  with 
the  inspection  legend.  If  found  to  be  diseased,  unsound,  unhealthful, 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  it  shall  be  marked 
"U.  S.  inspected  and  condemned"  and  destroyed  for  food  purposes 
as  provided  in  regulation  14. 

REGULATION  13.  TANK  ROOMS  AND  TANKS. 

Section  1.  All  tanks  and  equipment  used  for  rendering  or  prepar- 
ing inedible  products  shall  be  in  rooms  or  compartments  separate  from 
those  used  for  rendering  or  preparing  edible  products.  There  shall  be 
no  connection,  by  means  of  pipes  or  otherwise,  between  tanks,  rooms, 
or  compartments  containing  inedible  products  and  those  containing 
edible  products. 

Section  2.  Every  official  establishment  shall  flic  with  the  depart- 
ment blue  prints  or  other  accurate  diagrams  showing  all  underground 
pipe  lines  and  other  equipment  used  to  convey  edible  products  and 
those  used  to  convey  inedible  products,  with  a  description  giving  the 
exact  location,  terminals,  and  dimensions  of  such  pipes  and  other 
equipment  and  of  all  gates,  valves,  or  other  controlling  apparatus,  and 
designating  the  lines  used  for  conveying  edible  products  and  those  used 
for  conveying  inedible  products,  and  shall  also  file  a  copy  thereof  with 
theii  \.  pec  tor  in  charge.  Like  prints  or  diagrams  of  alterations  in  exist- 
ing t  ank  rooms  or  tanks  and  of  new  tank  rooms  or  tanks  of  official  estab- 
iahments  shall  be  furnished  to  the  department  and  approved  by  the 
chief  of  bureau  before  the  same  are  constructed.  If  no  such  under- 
ground pipe  line  or  equipment  is  used  for  any  of  the  purposes  men- 
tioned in  this  section,  a  written  statement  certifying  to  that  fact  and 


REGS.    Vi,    U.    TANKING,   ETC.;    DKNATUJ:1  35 

(Inly  signed  bj   the  proprietor  or  operator  of  the  establishment  shall 
be  filed  with  the  department. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  In  conveying  to  the  inedible-product  tank 
carcasses  oi  animals  which  have  been  condemned  on  ante-mortem 
inspection,  the}  shall  not  be  taken  through  rooms  or  compartmente 
in  which  any  meal  or  product  i>  died,  or  stored. 

Paragraph  £.  Under   no  circumstances  shall   the  carcass  oi  any 
animal  which  has  died  otherwise  than  by  slaughter  be  brought  into 
any  room  or  compartment  in  which  any  meat  or  product  is  prep: 
handled,  or  stored. 

Paragraph  S.  No  dead  animal  shall,  under  any  circumstances,  be 
brought  from  outside  the  premises  of  an  official  establishment  into 
any  room  or  compartment  thereof  where  any  meat  or  product  is 
prepared;  nor,  unless  permission  therefor  in  advance  shall  be  obtained 
from  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  shall  any  dead  animal  be  brought 
into  rooms  or  compartments  where  inedible  products  are  prepared. 
"Dead  animal,''  within  the  meaning  of  this  paragraph,  shall  be  con- 
strued to  include4  any  animal  which  died  without  having  been 
inspected  under  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  Jh  Inedible  fats  irom  outside  the  premises  of  an  official 
iishment  shall  not  be  received  except  into  the  tank  room  pro- 
vided for  inedible  products,  and  then  only  when  their  receipt  into  the 
tank  room  produces  no  insanitary  condition  on  the  premises.  When 
so  received,  they  shall  not  enter  any  room  or  compartment  used  for 
edible  products. 

REGULATION  14.  TANKING  AND  DENATURING  CONDEMNED  CARCASSES 

AND  PRODUCTS. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  Condemned  meat  and  products  at  offi- 
cial establishments  having  facilities  for  tanking  shall,  except  as  I  u 
after   provided,    be   disposed   of  by   tanking   as   follows:  The   lower 
opening  of  the  tank  shall  first  be  securely  sealed  by  a  bureau  emp] 
then  the  condemned  meat  and  products  and  a  sufficient  quant 
coloring  matter  or  other  substance  to  be  designated  by  the  depart- 
ment shall  be  placed   in   the   tank  in   his  presence,   after  whi  h 

opening  shall  also  be  securely  sealed  by  such  employee,  who 
shall  then  a  to  sufficient  force  of  steam  (not  1<  ss  than  40  pounds) 

is  turned  into  the  tank  and  maintained  a  sufficient  time  < 
to  destroy  the  contents  for  food  purposi 

agraph  9.  The  seal-  oi  all  be  brok 

employee,  after  the  product  has  been  rendered  as  provided  in  para- 
graph 1  of  this  se<  lion.  The  drawing  off  of  the  eo 
shall  be  supervised  by  a  bin 

by  bureau  emploj  often  as  required  to  determine  whether  the 

fat  or  greas*   i-  i  ffeel  h  •    •   denal  ored. 


3G        KEGS.  15;  16.    RENDERING,  STERILIZING;    MARKING;  BRANDING. 

Paragraph  S.  Rendered  fats  and  greases  condemned  on  reinspec- 
tion  shall  be  destroyed  for  food  purposes  by  denaturing  with  coloring 
matter  or  other  designated  substance. 

Section  2.  Any  meat  or  product  condemned  at  an  official  estab- 
lishment which  has  no  facilities  for  tanking  shall,  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  bureau  employee,  be  denatured  with  crude  carbolic  acid 
or  other  prescribed  agent,  or  destroyed  by  incineration.  When  such 
meat  or  product  is  not  incinerated,  all  containers  thereof  shall  be 
opened,  and  all  meat  shall  be  freely  slashed  with  a  knife,  before  the 
denaturing  agent  is  applied. 

REGULATION  15.  RENDERING  CARCASSES  AND  PARTS  INTO  LARD  AND 
TALLOW,  AND  OTHER  STERILIZATION. 

Section  1.  Carcasses  and  parts  passed  for  sterilization  may  be 
rendered  into  lard  or  tallow  provided  that  such  rendering  is  done 
in  the  following  manner:  The  lower  opening  of  the  tank  shall  first 
be  securely  sealed  by  a  bureau  employee,  then  the  carcasses  or  parts 
shall  be  placed  in  the  tank  in  his  presence,  after  which  the  upper 
opening  shall  be  securely  sealed  by  such  employee,  who  shall  then 
see  that  a  sufficient  force  of  steam  is  turned  into  the  tank.  Such  car- 
casses and  parts  shall  be  cooked  at  a  temperature  not  lower  than  220° 
F.  for  a  time  sufficient  to  render  them  effectually  into  lard  or  tallow. 

Section  2.  Establishments  not  equipped  with  steaming  tanks  for 
rendering  carcasses  and  parts  into  lard  or  tallow  as  provided  in 
section  1  of  this  regulation  may  render  such  carcasses  or  parts  in 
open  kettles  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee. 
Such  rendering  shall  be  done  at  a  temperature  and  for  a  time  suffi- 
cient to  render  the  carcasses  and  parts  effectually  into  lard  or  tallow, 
and  shall  bo  done  only  during  regular  hours  of  work. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  Carcasses  and  parts  passed  for  steriliza- 
tion and  which  are  not  rendered  into  lard  or  tallow  may  be  utilized 
for  food  purposes  provided  they  are  first  sterilized  by  methods,  and 
handled  and  marked  in  a  manner,  approved  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

Paragraph  2.  Any  carcasses  or  parts  prepared  in  compliance  with 
paragraph  1  of  this  section  may  be  canned  if  the  container  be  plainly 
and  conspicuously  marked  so  as  to  show  that  the  product  is  second 
grade,  class,  or  quality  and  has  been  sterilized. 

REGULATION  16.  MARKING,  BRANDING,  AND  IDENTIFYING  MEAT  AND 

PRODUCTS. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  The  chief  of  bureau  may  approve  and 
authorize  the  use  of  abbreviations  of  marks  of  inspection  under  these 
regulations.  Such  abbreviations  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect 
as  the  respective  marks  for  which  they  are  so  authorized  to  be  used. 


REG.   1G.    MARKING   AND   BRANDING.  37 

Paragraph  2.  Except  for  the  purpose  of  submitting  a  sample  or 

samples  of  the  same  to  the  chief  of  bureau  for  approval,  do  person 
shall  make  or  prepare,  or  cause  to  be  made  or  prepared,  the  inspection 
legend,  or  any  abbreviation,  copy,  or  representation  thereof,  without 
the  written  authority  therefor  of  the  chief  of  bureau  given  in  advance. 

Paragraphs.  No  person  shall  affix  or  place,  or  cause  to  be  affixed  or 
placed,  the  inspection  legend,  or  any  abbreviation,  copy,  or  represen- 
tation thereof,  to  or  on  any  meat  or  product,  except  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  4-  No  person  shall  fill  or  cause  to  be  filled,  in  whole  or 
in  part,  with  any  meat  or  product,  any  container  bearing,  or,  within 
the  United  States,  any  container  intended  to  bear,  the  inspection 
legend,  or  any  abbreviation,  copy,  or  representation  thereof,  except 
under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  5.  No  person  shall  affix  or  place,  or  cause  to  be  affixed 
or  placed,  the  inspection  legend,  or  any  abbreviation,  copy,  or  repre- 
sentation thereof,  to  or  on  any  container  of  any  meat  or  product, 
except  under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  6.  No  person  shall  make,  prepare,  affix,  or  use,  or  cause 
to  be  made,  prepared,  affixed,  or  used,  the  inspection  legend,  or  any 
abbreviation,  copy,  or  representation  thereof,  except  in  compliance 
with  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  7.  Advertisements,  photographs,  and  other  representa- 
tions of  any  meat  or  product  prepared  exclusively  in  official  estab- 
lishments, which  contain  copies  or  reproductions  of  the  inspection 
legend  and  which  are  not  false  or  misleading,  may  be  permitted  when 
approved  in  advance  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

Paragraph  8.  All  marks  of  inspection  shall  be  carefully  applied  and 
securely  affixed. 

Paragraph  9.  No  person  shall  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  from 
an  official  establishment  any  article  which  these  regulations  require 
to  be  marked  in  any  way  unless  the  same  is  clearly  and  legibly 
marked  in  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1 .  Each  carcass  which  has  been  inspected 
and  passed  in  an  official  establishment  shall  be  marked  at  the  time  of 
inspection  with  the  inspect  ion  legend  and  with  the  number  of  the 
establishment.  Each  primal  part  shall  be  likewise  marked  before  it 
leaves  the  establishment  in  which  it  is  first  inspected  and  passed, 
except  as  provided  in  paragraphs  2  and  6  of  this  section  and  section  6 
of  regulation  25. 

Paragraph  J.  Primal  parts  which  have  been  inspected  and  pa 
but  do  not  bear  the  inspection  legend  may  be  transported  from 
one  official  establishment  to  another  official  establishment,  for  fur- 
ther processing,  in  a  car,  wagon,  or  other  closed  container,  if  the  car, 


38  KEG.    16.    MARKING    AND   BRANDING. 

wagon,  or  container  be  sealed  with  a  department  seal  bearing  the 
inspection  legend  in  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  3.  All  primal  parts  which  have  been  inspected  and 
passed  shall,  after  processing,  bear,  plainly  and  legibly,  the  inspection 
legend  and  the  number  of  the  official  establishment  at  which  the 
processing  was  completed. 

Paragraph  4-  Inspected  and  passed  sausages  and  other  meat  food 
products  in  animal  casings,  of  the  ordinary  "ring"  variety  or  larger, 
shall  bear  on  the  casings  the  inspection  legend  and  the  number  of  the 
establishment.  Inspected  and  passed  smoked  sausages  and  other 
meat  food  products  in  animal  casings,  of  the  smaller  varieties,  such 
as  Frankfort  and  Vienna  styles,  shall  bear  on  the  casings  one  or  more 
marks  to  each  chain  or  two  or  more  marks  to  each  bunch.  When 
additional  markings  are  required  by  these  regulations,  they  shall  be 
likewise  applied. 

Paragraph  5.  Meat  food  products  in  animal  casings,  other  than 
sausage,  shall  be  branded  with  the  name  of  the  product,  the  statement 
"composed  of,"  and  the  names  of  the  ingredients  arranged  in  the 
order  of  their  percentages. 

Paragraph  6.  Any  meat  or  product  of  such  character  or  so  small  that 
it  can  not  be  marked  with  a  brand,  and  which  has  been  inspected  and 
passed,  but  does  not  bear  the  inspection  legend,  may  be  transported 
in  a  closed  container  bearing  the  inspection  legend  and  other  marks 
required  by  these  regulations .  When  such  container  has  been  opened, 
the  contents  thereof  may  not  be  further  transported  in  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  unless  reinspected  and  packed  in  a  container  or 
containers  bearing  the  inspection  legend  and  other  marks  required  by 
these  regulations.  The  chief  of  bureau  may  authorize  meat  and 
products  of  such  character  or  so  small  that  they  can  not  be  marked 
with  a  brand,  which  have  been  inspected  and  passed,  but  do  not  bear 
the  inspection  legend,  to  be  removed  from  an  official  establishment 
in  open  containers  when  such  articles  have  been  sold  by  the  estab- 
lishment exclusively  for  consumption  in  the  city  or  town  at  or  in 
which  the  establishment  is  located.  The  chief  of  bureau  may  with- 
draw such  privilege  of  removal  in  open  containers  if  the  same  bo  in 
any  way  abused  or  if  the  establishment  make  any  sale  of  any  meat  or 
product  which  is  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise 
unfit  for  human  food. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  When  cereal  not  in  excess  of  2  per  cent  is 
added  to  sausage,  the  product  shall  be  marked  with  the  phrase 
1  'cereal  added."  When  water  in  excess  of  3  per  cent  and  cereal  are 
added  to  certain  kinds  of  sausage,  as  provided  in  paragraphs  4  and  5 
of  section  6  of  regulation  18,  the  product  shall  be  marked  "sausage, 
water,  and  cereal.  '     When  water,  but  no  cereal,  is  added  to  certain 


REG.    16.    MARKING    AXI>    BRANDING.  39 

kinds  of  sausage,  as  provided  in  paragraph  5  of  section  6  of  regulation 
IS,  the  addition  of  water  need  not  be  stated. 

Paragraph  2.  When  coloring  matter  is  used  in  the  preparation  of 
casings,  as  provided  in  paragraph  3  of  section  6  of  regulation  18,  the 
product  shall  be  marked  with  the  phrase  "artificially  colored." 

Section  4.  Official  establishments  shall  furnish  such  ink  brands, 
burning  brands,  and  like  devices  for  marking  meat  and  products  as  the 
chief  of  bureau  may  require.  In  advance  of  manufacture,  complete 
and  accurate  descriptions  and  designs  of  the  same  shall  be  submitted 
to  and  approved  by  the  chief  of  bureau.  Every  such  brand  and 
device  which  bears  the  inspection  legend  shall,  immediately  upon 
being  manufactured,  be  delivered  into  the  custody  of  the  inspector 
in  charge  of  the  establishment,  and  shall  bo  used  only  under  the 
supervision  of  a  bureau  employee.  When  not  in  use  for  marking 
inspected  and  passed  meat  and  products,  all  such  brands  and  devices 
bearing  the  inspection  legend  shall  be  kept  locked  in  properly  equipped 
lockers  or  compartments,  the  keys  of  which  shall  not  leave  the  possi  - 
sion  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Section  5.  All  brands  and  devices  furnished  by  the  bureau  for 
marking  articles  with  the  inspection  legend,  including  self -locking 
seals  and  presses  for  lead  and  wire  seals,  shall  be  used  only  under  the 
supervision  of  a  bureau  employee,  and,  when  not  in  use  for  marking, 
shall  be  kept  locked  in  properly  equipped  lockers  or  compartments, 
the.  keys  of  which  shall  not  leave  the  possession  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Section  6.  No  brand  or  device  shall  be  false  or  misleading.  The 
letters  and  figures  thereon  shall  be  of  such  style  and  type  as  will  make 
a  clear  impression.  The  inspection  legend  and  establishment  num- 
ber on  brands  shall  be  separate  and  apart  from  trade  names,  marks,  or 
other  devices. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1 .  Except  as  provided  in  paragraphs  2  and  3 
of  this  section  and  in  section  6  of  regulation  25,  when  any  inspected 
and  passed  meat  or  product  for  domestic  commerce  is  moved  from 
an  official  establishment,  or  from  a  place  leaving  market  inspection 
under  these  regulations!  the  shipping  container  shall  bear  a  domes- 
tic meat  label  which  has  been  submitted  to  and  received  the  ap- 
proval of  the  department  and  conforms  to  the  following  specifica- 
tions: The  label  shall  be  printed  with  black  ink  on  white  paper  of 
good  quality,  and  shall  be  not  less  than  2J  by  4  inches  in  size.  The 
phrase  ''domestic  meat  label"  shall  be  printed  inside  the  border  across 
one  end  of  the  label.  The  word  "establishment"  and  the  official 
number  shall  constitute  the  top  line  of  the  label  and  shall  be  printed 
in  type  of  such  size  and  style  as  to  make  them  the  most  conspicuous 
part  of  the  label.  The  following  statement  shall  be  printed  in  uniform 
style:   "The  meat  or  meat  food  product  contained  herein  has  been 


40 


EEG.    1G.    MARKING    AND    BRANDING. 


inspected  and  passed  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  of 
June  30,  1906." '  The  name  and  address  of  the  establishment,  or  the 
name  only,  may  also  be  printed  on  the  label,  at  the  bottom  thereof,  in 
type  of  such  size  and  style  as  to  be  less  conspicuous  than  the  estab- 
lishment number.  No  word  or  statement,1  except  as  permitted  by 
this  paragraph,  and  no  picture  or  other  advertising  matter,  device,  or 
design,  shall  appear  upon  the  domestic  meat  label,  which  in  form  and 
substance  shall  be  as  follows: 


CO 


O 
CO 


o 


ESTABLISHMENT  999 


THE  MEAT  OR  MEAT  FOOD  PRODUCT 
CONTAINED  HEREIN  HAS  BEEN  IN- 
SPECTED AND  PASSED  UNDER  THE 
PROVISIONS  OF  THE  ACT  OF  CON- 
GRESS   OF   JUNE    30,    1906. 


SMITH,  JONES   &   RANKIN, 
NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 


Paragraph  2.  Vfhen  any  meat  or  product  prepared  in  an  official 
establishment  for  domestic  commerce  has  been  inspected  and  passed 
and  is  inclosed  in  a  cloth  wrapping  as  a  shipping  container,  such 
wrapping  shall  bear  the  inspection  legend  and  establishment  number 
applied  by  an  ink  brand,  except  in  those  cases  in  which  the  inspection 
legend  and  establishment  number  on  the  articles  themselves  are 
clearly  legible  through  the  wrapping. 

Paragraph  3.  The  use  of  domestic  meat  labels  is  not  required  on 
containers  bearing  trade  labels  which  have  been  approved  by  the 
department  and  on  which  the  inspection  legend  and  establishment 
number  appear  in  plain  view  after  the  package  is  prepared  for 
shipment. 

Paragraph  Jt.  Domestic  meat  labels  shall  be  affixed  to  packages  in 
the  manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  2  of  section  1  of  regulation  24 
for  affixing  meat  inspection  stamps  to  export  packages. 

Section  8.  The  shipping  or  outside  containers  of  meat  and  products 
for  export  shall  be  marked  in  compliance  with  sections  1  and  6  of 
regulation  24. 


'  For  further  information  regarding  the  wording  of  the  inspection  legend,  see  sections  2  and  3  of  regu- 
tetion  i. 


REGS.    16,   17.    MARKING    AND    BRANDING;    LABELING.  41 

SECTION  9.  Both  ends  of  each  container,  such  as  tierces  and  tank 
cars,  of  inedible  grease,  inedible  tallow,  or  other  inedible  rendered 
fat,  shall  be  painted  white  and  conspicuously  stenciled  or  burned 
with  the  name  of  the  producl  and  the  word  "inedible"  in  letters  not 

less  than  two  inches  high,  or,  in  the  case  of  tank  cars,  not  less  than 
four  inches  high. 

Section  10.  Paragraph  1 .  Tank  cars  carrying  inspected  and  passed 
product  between  official  establishments  shall  be  equipped  for  sealing 
and  be  securely  sealed  with  seals  bearing  the  inspection  legend  fur- 
nished by  the  department  and  affixed  by  bureau  employees. 

Paragraph  2.  Each  tank  car  carrying  inspected  and  passed  product 
from  an  official  establishment  to  any  destination  other  than  an  official 
establishment  shall  have  securely  affixed  thereto  a  label  showing  the 
true  name  of  the  product,  the  inspection  legend,  the  number  of  the 
official  establishment,  and  the  date  of  loading.  Before  the  car  is 
removed  from  the  place  where  it  is  unloaded,  the  carrier  shall  remove 
or  obliterate  such  label. 

Paragraph  3.  When  inspected  and  passed  products  for  export  are 
transferred  from  tank  cars  to  other  containers  on  boats,  such  trans- 
fer shall  be  under  bureau  supervision,  and  the  containers  on  the 
boats  shall  be  likewise  labeled. 

REGULATION  17.  LABELING. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  When  any  inspected  and  passed  meat  or 
product  is  placed  or  packed  in  any  can,  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other 
receptacle  or  covering  in  an  official  establishment,  there  shall  be 
attached  to  such  container  or  covering  a  trade  label  as  hereinafter 
described. 

Paragraph  2.  No  container  or  covering  which  bears  or  is  to  bear 
a  trade  label  shall  be  filled,  in  whole  or  in  part,  except  with  articles 
which  have  been  inspected  and  passed  in  compliance  with  these  reg- 
ulations and  which  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  lit  for  human 
food,  and  strictly  in  accordance  with  the  statements  on  the  label. 
-nch  container  or  covering  shall  be  filled,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
and  no  trade  label  shall  be  affixed,  except  under  the  supervision  of  a 
bureau  emplo; 

Section  2.  Paragraph  /.  Trade  labels  shall  bear  the  true  mime  of 
the  meat  or  product  contained  in  the  package,  and.  except  as  pro- 
vided in  paragraphs  2  and  .">  of  this  section,  shall  bear,  in  prominent 
letters  and  figures  of  uniform  size,  the  phrase  UU.  S.  inspected  and 
passed  under  the  act  of  Congre  3    I '  •'    ■  .  L906,"1  and  the  number 

of  the  official  establishment  at  which  the  meat  or  product  was  pre- 
pared, or,  if  processed,  the  number  of  the  establishment   at    which 


1  For  further  information  regarding  the  wording  of  the  inspection  legend.  EN  •  ->f  regu- 

lation l. 


42  REG.    17.    LABELING. 

Inst  processed.  Such  labels  may  also  bear  any  other  statement,  not 
false  or  misleading,  which  has  been  approved  by  the  department. 

Paragraph  2.  Trade  labels  within  the  meaning  of  these  regulations 
shall  include  printed,  Lithographed,  or  embossed  labels,  stickers,  seals, 
wrappers,  and  receptacles.  Metal  containers  on  which  the  inspec- 
tion legend  is  embossed  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  department, 
bear  the  inspection  legend  in  abbreviated  form. 

Paragraphs.  Stencils,  box  dies,  inserts,  tags,  so-called  "liners" 
and  "circles"  and  like  devices  shall  not  bear  the  inspection  legend  or 
any  abbreviation  or  representation  thereof,  nor  shall  any  of  them  be 
used  in  an  official  establishment  unless  previously  approved  by  the 
department. 

Paragraph  /+.  All  sealed  tin  containers  of  inspected  and  passed 
meat  and  products  filled  in  an  official  establishment  shall  have 
embossed  thereon  the  number  of  that  establishment.  When  so 
marked,  the  establishment  number  may  be  omitted  from  the  trade 
label  or  wrapper.  Trade  labels  shall  not  be  affixed  to  containers  so 
as  to  obscure  the  embossed  establishment  number. 

Paragraph  5.  When  any  meat  or  product  is  placed  in  cartons,  or 
in  wrappers  of  paper  or  cloth,  or  in  such  other  containers  as  the 
department  may  approve,  the  inspection  legend  and  the  establish- 
ment number  may  be  embodied  in  a  sticker  or  seal  prominently  dis- 
played with  the  trade  label,  but  not  necessarily  a  part  thereof.  Such 
stickers  or  seals  shall  not  be  used  without  the  approval  of  the  depart- 
ment, and  shall  be  securely  affixed  to  the  containers  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  bureau  employee  after  an  approved  trade  label  has  been 
affixed. 

Paragraph  6.  No  detachable  device  bearing  the  inspection  legend 
or  any  abbreviation  or  representation  thereof  shall  be  affixed  to  any 
meat  or  product  or  the  container  thereof. 

'  Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  No  trade  label  shall  be  used  until  it  has 
been  approved  in  its  final  form  by  the  department.  Duplicates  of 
new  trade  labels  in  the  form  of  sketches,  proofs,  or  photographic 
copies  shall  be  submitted  through  the  inspector  in  charge  to  the  de- 
partment for  approval.  After  trade  labels  from  approved  sketches  or 
proofs  are  printed,  lithographed,  or  embossed,  they  shall  be  submitted 
in  quadruplicate  through  the  inspector  in  charge  for  final  approval 
and  filing. 

Paragraph  2.  All  trade  labels,  whether  in  the  form  of  sketches, 
proofs,  or  finished  labels,  which  are  submitted  to  the  department  for 
final  approval,  shall,  when  the  chief  of  bureau  shall  so  require,  be 
accompanied  by  a  statement  showing  the  kinds  and  percentages  of 
the  ingredients  of  the  product  on  any  container  of  which  it  is  desired 
to  use  the  label.     Approximate  percentages  may  be  given  in  cases 


BBO.    17.    LABELING.  43 

where  the  percentages  of  ingredients  may  vary  from  time  to  time,  if 

the  limits  of  variations  are  stated. 

Section  4.  Trade  labels  shall  be  used  only  on  products  for  which 
they  are  approved.  They  shall  not  be  applied  to  any  men!  or  product 
the  container  of  which  bears  any  statement  thai  is  false  or  misleading. 

Section  5.  Trade  labels  to  be  affixed  to  packages  of  any  meat  or 
product  for  foreign  commerce  may  be  printed  in  a  foreign  language. 
The  inspection  Legend  and  the  official  establishment  number  shall  in 
all  cases  appear  thereon  in  English;  but,  in  addition,  may  appear, 
literally  translated,  in  foreign  languages. 

Section  6.  The  name  of  anyone  to  whom  inspection  is  granted  may 
appear,  without  qualification,  upon  the  label  or  the  container  of  an 
article  prepared  for  him  by  the  official  establishment  at  which,  he  was 
granted  inspection.  When  an  article  is  prepared  by  an  official  estab- 
lishment for  a  person  other  than  one  of  those  to  whom  inspection  has 
been  granted  at  that  establishment,  and  the  name  of  such  person  is  to 
appear  upon  the  label  or  container  thereof,  a  statement  shall  be 
made  on  the  label  to  the  effect  that  the  article  was  prepared  for  such 
person,  or  the  term  " distributer"  or  "distributers"  or  "distributed 
by,"  or  other  equivalent  term,  shall  be  used  thereon  in  connection 
with  the  name  of  such  person,  or  the  name  of  such  person  shall  be  used 
thereon  followed  by  the  word  ' '  brand  "  or  "  style  "  in  the  same  size  and 
style  of  lettering  as  the  name  of  such  person.  Whenever  the  name  of 
such  person  appears  on  the  label,  it  shall  be  prominently  placed  and 
lettered  and  shall  not  be  used  so  as  to  be  either  false  or  misleading. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  No  meat  or  product,  and  no  container 
thereof,  shall  be  labeled  with  any  false  or  deceptive  name;  but  estab- 
lished trade  names  which  are  usual  to  such  articles  and  are  not  false 
or  deceptive  and  which  have  been  approved  by  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  may  be  used. 

Paragraph  2.  No  statement,  word,  picture,  design,  or  device  which 
conveys  any  false  impression  or  gives  any  false  indication  of  origin  or 
quality  shall  appear  on  any  label.     For  example: 

(a)  The  picture  of  any  swine  shall  be  allowed  only  on  la: 
in  connection  with  pork  products. 

(6)  Such  terms  as  "special,"  ''fancy,"  "selected,"  "best,"  "finest," 
"absolutely  pure,"  "100  per  cent  pure,"  and  the  like,  without  qualifi- 
cation, shall  be  allowed  on  labels  only  in  connection  with  products 
the  quality  of  which  justifies  the  use  of  such  terms. 

(c)  Names  of  countries,  States,  and  Territories,  and  such  other 
geographical  names  as  the  department  may  approve,  may  be  used 
on  labels  only  when  followed  by  the  word  "style,"  "type,"  "cut," 
or  "brand, "in  the  same  size  and  style  of  lettering  as  the  geograph- 
ical name,  unless  the  products  for  which   the  labels  are  intended 


II  REG.    17.    LABELING. 

are  prepared  in  the  localities  named;  provided  that  when  a  geo- 
graphical name  by  reason  of  long  usage  is  recognized  as  a  generic 
term,  indicating  a  certain  style,  type,  or  brand,  such  name  may  be 
used  without  the  words  "style,"  "type,"  or  "brand,"  when  accom- 
panied by  a  statement  showing  the  State  or  Territory  in  which  the 
product  is  prepared,  if  prepared  in  a  State  or  Territory,  and  show- 
ing the  locality  in  which  the  product  is  prepared,  if  not  prepared  in  a 
State  or  Territory.  For  example,  sausage  of  the  kind  commonly 
known  as  Vienna  sausage  may  be  labeled  either  "Vienna  style 
sausage"  or  "Vienna  sausage,  made  in  Illinois."  In  the  latter  case 
the  words  showing  the  place  of  manufacture  need  not  be  in  the  same 
size  and  style  of  lettering  as  the  name  of  the  product,  but  shall  be 
plain  and  conspicuous. 

(d)  Names  indicative  or  imitative  of  distinctive  types  or  breeds  of 
live  stock  shall  not  be  used  on  labels  unless  the  products  for  which 
such  labels  are  intended  are  actually  derived  from  carcasses  of  ani- 
mals of  the  type  or  breed  specified. 

(e)  The  word  "ham,  "  without  any  prefix  indicating  the  species  of 
animal  from  which  derived,  shall  be  used  on  labels  only  in  connection 
with  pork  hams. 

(f)  The  word  "fresh"  shall  not  be  used  on  labels  in  connection 
with  any  meat  of  product  the  ingredients  of  which,  in  whole  or  in 
part,  have  undergone  any  process  of  curing. 

(g)  Such  terms  as  "meat  extract"  or  "extract  of  beef,"  without 
qualification,  shall  not  be  permitted  on  labels  in  connection  with 
products  prepared  from  organs  or  parts  of  the  carcass  other  than 
fresh  flesh.  Extracts  prepared  entirely  from  parts  of  the  carcass 
other  than  fresh  flesh  shall  not  be  labeled  "meat  extract,"  but  may 
be  properly  labeled  with  the  true  names  of  the  parts  from  which  pre- 
pared, as,  for  example,  "liver  extract."  The  terms  "beef  extract" 
and  "extract  of  beef"  without  qualification  shall  be  applied  only  to 
extracts  of  fresh  beef.  Extract  of  cured  beef  or  of  other  cured  meat 
shall  be  designated  respectively  as  "extract  of  cured  beef,"  "extract 
of  cured  meat"  or  "cured-meat  extract."  In  the  latter  case  the 
words  "cured"  and  "meat"  shall  appear  on  one  line  in  the  same  size 
and  style  of  lettering  and  shall  be  connected  by  a  hyphen.  When 
beef  extract  or  meat  extract  is  mixed  with  extract  from  cured  meat 
or  extract  derived  from  the  other  parts  of  the  carcass,  such  mixture 
shall  be  designated  as  "compound  meat  extract,"  and,  in  addition, 
there  shall  appear  on  the  label  a  statement  showing  the  ingredients, 
other  than  fresh  flesh,  which  have  been  used  in  preparing  the  extract. 
In  the  case  of  fluid  extract  the  word  "fluid"  shall  also  appear  on  the 
label,  as,  for  example,  "fluid  extract  of  beef."  The  word  "fluid" 
merely  indicates  a  lower  percentage  of  solid  matter. 

(/*)  Such  terms  as  "country,"  "farm,"  and  the  like,  shall  not  be 
used  on  labels -in  connection  with  meat  and  products  unless  such  meat 


REG.    17.    LABELING.  45 

and  products  are  actually  prepared  in  the  country  or  on  the  farm. 
However,  if  the  articles  are  prepared  in  the  same  way  as  in  the  coun- 
try or  on  the  farm,  these  terms,  if  qualified  by  the  word  "style'"  in 
the  same  size  and  style  of  lettering,  may  be  used.  Sausage  contain- 
ing cereal  shall  not  be  labeled  "country  style,"  and  lard  not  rendered 
in  an  open  kettle  shall  not  be  designated  as  "country  style." 

(i)  The  word  '"leaf"  shall  not  be  used  in  connection  with  lard  pre- 
pared from  fat  other  than  leaf  fat. 

Section  8.  A  meat  food  product  when  composed  of  more  than 
one  ingredient  shall  not  bear  a  label  with  a  name  stating  or  in- 
dicating that  the  product  is  a  substance  which  is  not  the  principal 
ingredient  contained  therein,  even  though  such  name  be  an  estab- 
lished trade  name.  The  term  "principal  ingredient,"  as  used  in  this 
section,  shall  be  construed  to  mean  that  such  ingredient  is  equal  to 
or  exceeds  in  amount  the  other  ingredients  combined,  exclusive  of 
cereal  and  water.  If  the  ingredients  are  stated  on  the  label,  they 
shall  appear  in  the  order  of  their  percentages.  For  example,  sausage 
containing  pork  and  beef  shall  not  be  labeled  "pork  sausage,"  but 
shall  be  labeled  ''pork  and  beef  sausage."  However,  if  the  pork  in- 
gredient equals  or  exceeds  50  per  cent  of  the  meat  content,  the  sau- 
sage may  be  labeled  "pork  sausage,  beef  added."  A  product  con- 
sisting of  veal,  pork,  and  beef  shall  not  be  labeled  "veal  loaf,"  but 
may  be  designated  as  "veal,  pork,  and  beef  loaf."  However,  if  the 
veal  ingredient  is  not  less  than  50  per  cent  of  the  meat  content  of  the 
product,  the  product  may  be  labeled  "veal  loaf,  pork  and  beef  added," 
the  words  "pork"  and  "beef"  to  appear  in  the  order  of  their  percent- 
ages, as  above  indicated. 

Section  9.  Paragraph  1.  When  a  meat  food  product  contains  an 
added  substance  or  substances,  the  label  shall  show  the  added  sub- 
stance or  substances  except  as  provided  in  the  succeeding  paragraphs 
of  this  section. 

Paragraph  2-  When  cereal  is  added  to  sausage  within  the  limit 
prescribed  by  paragraph  4  of  section  6  of  regulation  18,  there  shall 
appear  on  the  label  in  a  prominent  manner,  contiguous  to  the  name 
of  the  product,  the  statement  "cereal  added."  When  water  in 
excess  of  3  per  cent  and  cereal  are  added  to  certain  kinds  of  sausage 
as  permitted  by  paragraph  5  of  section  6  of  regulation  IS,  the  same 
shall  be  labeled  "sausage,  water,  and  cereal;"  but  when  no  cereal  La 
added,  the  addition  of  water  need  not  'he  stated. 

Paragraph  8.  When  cereal  is  added  to  any  meal  food  product  other 
than  sausage  in  quantities  not  exceeding  5  per  cent,  the  statement 
"cereal  added"  shall  appear  on  the  label  in  a  conspicuous  manner 
contiguous  to  the  name  of  the  product,  and'  if  any  such  producl  con- 
tains cereal  in  quantities  exceeding  5  percent,  then  '•cereal"  shall 


46  KEG.    17.    LABELING. 

appear  as  a  part  of  the  name  of  the  product  in  uniform  size  and 
style  of  letters,  for  example,  "potted  meat  and  cereal:"  Provided, 
however,  That,  products  such  as  meat  loaves,  pates,  soups,  tripe 
with  onion  sauce,  Irish  stew,  stewed  kidneys,  hash,  chile  con  carne, 
tamalcs,  boiled  dinners,  chop  suey,  scrapple,  and  the  like,  may  contain 
cereal  and  similar  substances  without  the  presence  of  such  substances 
being  indicated  on  the  labels. 

Paragraph  4-  When  edible  parts  of  the  head  or  viscera,  or  other 
similar  edible  parts,  are  added  to  any  meat  or  product  bearing  a  spe- 
cific name,  such  as  "meat,"  "beef,"  "pork,"  "veal,"  and  the  like, 
there  shall  appear  on  the  label,  in  a  prominent  manner  and  contigu- 
ous to  the  name  of  the  product,  the  statement  "meat  products 
added, "  provided  such  parts  are  not  in  excess  of  20  per  cent.  If  this 
percentage  is  exceeded,  the  words  "and  meat  products"  must  appear 
as  a  part  of  the  name  of  the  product  and  in  the  same  size  audi  style 
of  lettering.  The  percentage  of  such  parts  added  to  any  meat  or 
product  shall  be  based  on  the  weight  of  the  meat  ingredient  of 
the  product  exclusive  of  added  substances.  When  a  potted, 
deviled,  or  similar  article  of  food  is  prepared  exclusively  from  the 
above  mentioned  parts,  the  product  shall  be  labeled  "potted  meat 
products,"  "deviled  meat  products,"  and  the  like. 

Paragraph  5.  Lard  may  have  added  thereto  not  to  exceed  10  per 
cent  of  lard  stearin  without  the  presence  of  added  stearin  being  shown 
on  the  label.  When  more  than  10  per  cent  of  lard  stearin  is  added  to 
lard,  there  shall  appear  on  the  label,  contiguous  to  and  in  the  same 
size  and  style  of  lettering  as  the  name  of  the  product,  the  statement 
"lard  stearin  added." 

Paragraph  6.  When  not  over  20  per  cent  of  oleo  stearin,  beef  fat,  or 
mutton  fat  are  added  to  lard,  there  shall  appear  on  the  label,  con- 
tiguous to  and  in  the  same  size  and  style  of  lettering  as  the  name  of 
the  product,  the  statement  "oleo  stearin  added,"  "beef  fat  added," 
or  "mutton  fat  added,"  respectively,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Paragraph  7 '.  Mixtures,  of  which  the  lard  ingredient  equals  or 
exceeds  in  amount  the  other  ingredients  combined,  may  be  labeled 
"lard  compound,"  provided  all  the  ingredients  in  the  mixture  are 
stated  on  the  label  in  a  prominent  manner  in  the  order  of  their  per- 
centages and  preceded  by  the  statement  "composed  of,"  or  "made 
from,"   or  an  equivalent  statement. 

Paragraph  8.  Labels  for  mixtures,  other  than  oleomargarin,  con- 
sisting of  fat  derived  from  carcasses  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats 
and  any  vegetable  oil,  shall  bear  the  names  of  the  ingredients  in  a 
prominent  manner,  in  the  order  of  their  percentages,  preceded  by 
the  statement  "composed  of,"  or  "made  from,"  or  an  equivalent 
statement.     Tierces  and  barrels  containing  "compound,"  or  "lard 


REG.    17.    LABELING.  47 

substitutes/'  or  "lard  compound/'  shall,  immediately  after  filling, 

be  legibly  marked  on  one  end,  and  on  the  side  near  the  end,  with  the 
true  name  of  the  product.  Tin  pails,  drums,  tubs,  and  similar  con- 
tainers of  such  products  shall  bear  the  true  name  of  the  product 

on  the  side  at  the  the  time  of  filling. 

Paragraph  0.  Any  meat  or  product  containing  any  benzoate  of  soda 
shall  be  plainly  labeled  so  as  to  show  the  presence  and  the  percentage 

amount  of  such  benzoate  of  soda. 

Paragraph  JO.  When  permitted  coloring  matter  is  used  in  the 
preparation  of  lard  or  other  prepared  animal  fats  under  the  provisions 
of  paragraph  3  of  section  6  of  regulation  18,  there  shall  appear  on  the 
label,  in  a  prominent  manner  and  contiguous  to  the  name  of  the 
product,  the  statement  " artificially  colored." 

Section  10.  Paragraph  1.  When  the  weight  of  any  meat  or  product, 
prepared  at  an  official  establishment,  or  imported,  prior  to  September 
3,  1914,  appears  upon  a  label  or  container,  it  shall  be  the  correct 
weight,  and  the  words  "net,"  " gross,"  "not  less  than,"  or  a  similar 
statement  shall  appear  in  direct  connection  therewith. 

Paragraph  2.  All  meat  and  products  in  package  form,  prepared  at 
official  establishments,  or  imported,  on  or  after  September  3,  1914, 
shall  have  the  quantity  of  the  contents  thereof  plainly  and  con- 
spicuously marked  on  the  outside  of  the  package  in  terms  of  weight, 
measure,  or  numerical  count:  Provided,  That  such  reasonable  varia- 
tions and  tolerances  and  also  exemptions  as  to  small  packages  shall  be 
permitted  as  shall  be  established  by  rules  and  regulations  made 
pursuant  to  the  food  and  drugs  act. 

Section  11.  Paragraph  1.  No  marks  of  Federal  inspection  which 
have  been  previously  used  shall  be  again  used  for  the  identification  of 
any  meat  or  product  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  2  of  this 
section. 

Paragraph  2.  All  stencils,  marks,  labels,  or  other  devices,  whether 
relating  to  any  meat  or  product  or  otherwise,  on  previously  used 
containers,  shall  be  removed  or  obliterated  before  such  containers  are 
lived  for  any  meat  or  product,  unless  such  stencils,  marks,  labels,  01 
devices  correctly  indicate  the  article  to  be  packed  therein  and  such 
<  ontainers  art4  refilled  under  the  supervision  of  bureau  employ* 

Section  12.  Paragraph  1.  All  labeling  of  meal  and  product 
quired  to  be  inspected  by  bureau  employees  shall  be  in  compliance 
With   these  regulations. 

Paragraph  2.  No  person  .shall  apply  or  affix,  oi  -died 

or  affixed,  any  label  to  any  article  prepared  or  received  in  an  official 
establishment  or  to  any  contain*  r  thereof  except  in  compliance  with 
these  regulations. 


48  REU.    IS.    PBEPABATOOH    OE    MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS. 

Paragraph  8.  No  person  shall,  in  an  official  establishment,  fill,  or 
cause  to  be  filled,  in  whole  or  in  part,  any  container  with  any  article 
required  by  these  regulations  to  bear  a  label,  except  in  compliance 
with  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  4.  No  person  shall  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed 
from  an  official  establishment  any  meat  or  product  bearing  a  label 
unless  such  label  be  in  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

REGULATION    18.    REINSPECTION    AND    PREPARATION    OF    MEAT    AND 

PRODUCTS. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  All  meat  and  products,  whether  fresh 
or  cured,  even  though  previously  inspected  and  passed,  shall  be  rein- 
spected  by  bureau  employees  as  often  as  may  be  necessary,  in  order 
to  ascertain  whether  the  same  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and 
fit  for  human  food  at  the  time  the  same  leave  official  establishments. 
If  upon  such  reinspection  any  article  is  found  to  have  become  un- 
sound, unheal thful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food, 
the  original  mark,  stamp,  or  label  thereon  shall  be  removed  or  defaced 
and  the  article  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  Due  care  shall  be  taken  to  prevent  meat  and  products 
from  falling  on  the  floor  or  becoming  in  any  way  contaminated. 
In  event  of  their  so  falling  or  becoming  contaminated,  all,  or  such 
portion  thereof  as  can  not  be  cleaned  and  rendered  wholesome  and  fit 
for  food,  shall  be  condemned. 

Section  2.  Upon  all  meat  and  products  which  are  suspected  on 
reinspection  of  being  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any 
way  unfit  for  human  food,  or  upon  the  containers  thereof,  there  shall 
be  placed  by  a  bureau  employee,  at  the  time  of  reinspection,  a  "U.  S. 
retained"  tag.  The  employee  who  affixes  the  tag  shall  record  the 
tag  number  and  the  kind  and  amount  of  the  article  retained.  Such 
tag  shall  accompany  such  article  to  the  retaining  room  or  other 
special  place  for  final  inspection.  When  the  final  inspection  is  made, 
if  the  article  is  condemned,  the  original  mark,  stamp,  or  label  thereon 
shall  be  removed  or  defaced  and  the  inspector  shall  stamp  on  or  write 
across  the  face  of  the  retained  tag  the  phrase  UU.  S.  inspected  and 
condemned,"  and  this  tag  shall  accompany  such  article  into  the  tank. 
The  inspector  shall  make  a  complete  record  of  the  transaction  and 
si  vail  report  his  action  to  the  inspector  in  charge.  If,  however,  upon 
final  inspection  the  article  is  passed  for  food,  the  inspector  shall  remove 
(he  retained  tag,  record  the  transaction,  and  report  his  action  to  the 
inspector  in  charge. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  Except  as  provided  in  regulation  12,  no 
meat  or  product  shall  be  brought  into  an  official  establishment  unless 
it  has  been  previously  inspected  and  passed  by  a  bureau  employee,  nor 


KEG.    18.    PREPARATION    OF    MEAT    AND    PRODUCTS.  49 

unless  it  can  be  identified  by  marks,  seals,  brands,  or  labels  as  having 
been  so  inspected  and  passed,  nor,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  2 

of  section  12  of  regulation  27,  if  it  lias  been  processed  elsewhere  than 
in  an  official  establishment.  All  meal  and  products  brought  into 
an  official  establishment  in  compliance  with  these  regulations  shall 
be  identified  and  reinspected  at  the  time  of  receipt,  and  be  subject 
to  further  reinspection  in  such  manner  and  at  such  times  as  may  be 
deemed  necessary.  If  upon  such  reinspection  any  article  is  found  to 
be  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food,  the  original  mark,  stamp,  or  label  shall  be  removed  or  defaced 
and  the  article  condemned. 

Paragraph  2.  Except  persons  having  unrevoked  certificates  of 
exemption  and  farmers  slaughtering  animals  on  the  farm,  who  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  regulation  25  applicable  to  them,  no  person  who 
slaughters  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats,  or  processes  any  meat  or 
product,  in  an  establishment  not  having  inspection  in  compliance  with, 
these  regulations,  shall  transport  or  offer  for  transportation  or  cause 
or  permit  to  be  transported  or  offered  for  transportation  any  meat  or 
product  from  such  unofficial  establishment  in  interstate  or  foreign 
commerce,  or  bring  the  same  into  an  official  establishment:  Provided, 
however,  That  fresh  meats  and  unmeltcd  fresh  fats  which  have  been 
inspected  and  passed  and  which  bear  the  inspection  legend  may  be 
brought  from  any  such  unofficial  establishment  into  official  establish- 
ments in  the  same  State,  Territory,  or  District  when  such  meats  or 
fats  are  found  upon  reinspection  to  be  sound,  healthful,  wholesome, 
and  fit  for  human  food. 

Paragraph  3.  Except  as  prohibited  by  paragraph  2  of  this  section, 
cod,  kidney,  and  breast  fat  from  inspected  and  passed  beef  carcasses 
may  be  brought  from  unofficial  establishments,  markets,  or  shops 
which  handle  no  beef  carcasses  except  those  which  have  been  inspected 
and  passed,  into  official  establishments,  provided  such  fats  have  been 
handled  at  all  times  in  a  sanitary  manner  and  are  found  on  reinspec- 
tion, when  received,  to  be  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for 
human  food. 

Section  4.  Every  official  establishment  shall  designate,  with  the 
approval  of  the  inspector  in  charge,  a  dock  or  place  at  which  returned 
meat  and  products  shall  be  received,  and  such  meat  and  products 
shall  be  received  only  at  such  docks  or  places  and  shall  be  then4 
inspected  by  a  bureau  employee  before  entering  the  establishment. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1.  All  processes  used  in  curing,  pickling, 
rendering,  canning,  or  otherwise  preparing  any  meat  or  produ 
official  establishments  shall  be  supervised  by  bureau  employees.  No 
fixtures  or  appliances,  such  as  tables,  trucks,  trays,  tanks,  vats, 
machines,  implements,  cans,  or  containers  of  any  kind,  shall  be  used 
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50  BEG.    18.    PREPARATION    OF    MEAT   AND   PRODUCTS. 

unless  they  arc  of  such  materials  and  construction  as  will  not  con- 
taminate the  meat  and  products  and  are  clean  and  sanitary.  All 
steps  in  the  processes  of  manufacture  shall  be  conducted  carefully 
and  with  strict  cleanliness  in  rooms  or  compartments  separate  from 
those  used  for  inedible  products. 

Paragraph  2.  All  substances  and  ingredients  used  in  the  manufac- 
ture or  preparation  of  any  meat  or  product  shall  be  clean,  sound, 
healthful,  wholesome,  and  otherwise  fit  for  human  food. 

Paragraph  3.  Pumps,  pipes,  conductors,  and  fittings  used  to  con- 
duct milk,  cream,  or  mixtures  of  milk  or  cream  in  the  manufacture  of 
oleomargarin  shall  be  of  sanitary  construction,  with  smooth  inner 
and  outer  surfaces  of  noncorrosive  material  or  coated  with  nickel, 
tin,  or  other  approved  material,  readily  demountable  for  cleaning, 
and  shall  be  kept  clean  and  sanitary. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  No  meat  or  product  shall  contain  any 
substance  which  impairs  its  wholesomeness,  nor  contain,  except  as 
permitted  by  paragraphs  2,  3,  and  8  of  this  section,  any  dye,  preserva- 
tive, or  added  chemical. 

Paragraph  2.  There  may  be  added  to  meat  and  products  common 
salt,  sugar,  wood  smoke,  cider  vinegar,  wine  vinegar,  malt  vinegar, 
sugar  vinegar,  glucose  vinegar,  spirit  vinegar,  pure  spices,  saltpeter, 
and  nitrate  of  soda.  Benzoate  of  soda  may  be  added  to  meat  and 
products  only  when  declared  on  the  label*,  as  provided  by  paragraph 
9  of  section  9  of  regulation  17. 

Paragraph  3.  Only  harmless  coloring  matters  may  be  used,  and 
these  only  with  the  approval  of  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be  desig- 
nated by  the  department.  Dyes  may  be  used  in  or  upon  the  products 
only  in  the  manner  and  under  the  conditions  following : 

(a)  The  dyes  may  be  mixed  with  prepared  fats,  such  as  lard  and 
lard  compounds. 

(b)  The  dyes  may  be  used  for  coloring  sausage  casings  or  other 
casings,  by  dipping  or  application,  provided  the  character  of  the 
casing  is  such  that  the  dye  does  not  penetrate  into  the  meat  food 
product  contained  in  the  casing.  If  cloth  casings  are  used,  they  shall 
be  coated  with  uncolored  paraffin  before  the  application  of  the  color. 

(c)  When  artificial  coloring  matter  is  used,  the  product  shall  be 
marked  or  labeled  as  required  by  paragraph  2  of  section  3  of  regula- 
tion 16  and  paragraph  10  of  section  9  of  regulation  17. 

Paragraph  4-  Sausage  shall  not  contain  cereal  in  excess  of  2  per 
cent. 

Paragraph  5.  Water  or  ice  shall  not  be  added  to  sausage  except  for 
the  purpose  of  facilitating  grinding,  chopping,  and  mixing,  in  which 
base  (he  added  water  or  ice  shall  not  exceed  3  per  cent,  except  that 
sausages  of  the  class  which  are  smoked  or  cooked,  such  as  Frankfort 
style,  Vienna  style,  and  Bologna  style,  may  contain  added  water  in 


REG.    18.    PREPARATION    OF    MEAT    AND    PRODUCTS.  51 

excess  of  3  per  cent,  but  not  in  excess  of  an  amount  necessary  to 
make  the  product  palatable. 

Paragraph  6.  No  "compound,"  lard  substitute,  lard,  or  lard  com- 
pound shall  contain  added  water. 

Paragraph?.  The  use  of  substances  necessary  for  the  proper 
preparation,  clarification,  or  refining  of  meat  and  products  may  be 
permitted,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
provided  they  do  not  impair  the  quality  of  the  meat  or  product  and 
are  eliminated  during  the  further  process  of  manufacture;  as,  for 
example,  the  use  of  bicarbonate  of  soda  and  fuller's  earth  in  the  prep- 
aration of  fats  and  the  use  of  sal  soda  or  lime  in  the  cleansing  of 
tripe. 

Paragraph  S.  When  no  substance  is  used  in  the  preparation  or 
packing  thereof  which,  either  in  kind  or  in  proportion,  conflicts  with 
the  laws  of  the  foreign  country  to  which  they  are  to  be  exported, 
and  the  foreign  purchaser  so  directs  in  writing,  meat  food  products 
for  export  to  such  foreign  country  may  contain  preservatives  in 
accordance  with  such  direction.  Such  products  shall  be  prepared 
and  packed  in  compartments  of  the  establishment  separate  and  apart 
from  the  compartments  in  which  any  meat  or  product  is  prepared  or 
packed  for  domestic  use  or  consumption,  except  as  permitted  by 
paragraph  9  of  this  section,  and  shall  be  kept  separate. 

Paragraph  9.  The  packing  of  articles  which  are  prepared,  as  pro- 
vided for  in  paragraph  8  of  this  section,  with  any  preservative  not 
permitted  by  paragraph  2  of  this  section  may  be  done  in  the  regular 
packing  room,  provided  no  other  meat  or  product  be  allowed  in  the 
packing  room  during  the  time  of  such  packing.  After  the  packing 
is  completed,  the  packing  room  shall  be  thoroughly  cleansed  of  the 
preservative  before  the  packing  of  other  articles  therein  is  resumed. 
A  separate  room  or  compartment  constructed  of  tight  partitions  or 
walls  shall  be  set  apart  for  storing  the  preservatives,  trays,  and  other 
appliances  used  in  connection  with  the  packing.  This  room  or  com- 
partment shall  be  held  under  a  lock  furnished  by  the  department, 
the  key  of  which  shall  not  leave  the  custody  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  10.  The  packing  of  all  articles  under  paragraphs  8 
and  9  of  this  section  shall  be  conducted  under  the  personal  super- 
vision of  a  bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  11.  No  article  prepared  or  packed  for  export  under 
paragraph  8  or  9  of  this  section  shall  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  for 
domestic  use  or  consumption,  unless  and  until  destroyed  for  food 
purposes  under  the  personal  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Paragraph  12.  The  contents  of  the  container  of  any  article  pre- 
pared or  packed  for  export  under  paragraph  S  or  !>  of  this  section 
shall  not  be  removed,  in  whole  or  in  part,  prior  to  exportation,  except 
under  the  supervision  of  a   bureau  employee.      If  such  content-   he 


52  REG.    18.    PREPARATION    OF    MEAT   AND    PRODUCTS. 

removed  prior  to  exportation;  then  the  article  shall  be  either  repacked, 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  8  or  9  and  para- 
graph 10  of  this  section,  or  destroyed  for  food  purposes  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  Any  canned  meat  or  product  which  re- 
quires sterilization  to  preserve  it  shall  be  sterilized  on  the  same  day 
that  the  cans  are  filled.  Defective  or  leaky  cans  discovered  after  the 
process  of  sterilization  has  been  completed  shall  not  be  repaired  or 
repacked  unless  (a)  the  repairing  or  repacking  be  completed  within 
six  hours  after  the  process  of  sterilization  has  been  completed,  or 
(b)  if  their  defective  or  leaky  condition  be  discovered  during  an 
afternoon  run,  they  be  held  in  coolers  of  a  temperature  not  exceeding 
34°  F.  until  the  following  day,  when  they  may  be  repaired  or  re- 
packed. Sterilization  will  be  deemed  completed  within  the  meaning 
of  this  paragraph  when  the  cans  have  sufficiently  cooled  for  inspection 
and  handling.  The  contents  of  all  defective  or  leaky  cans  not  re- 
paired or  repacked  in  compliance  with  this  paragraph  shall  be  con- 
demned. 

Paragraph  2.  Sausage  prepared  or  packed  in  oil  shall  be  heated 
to  a  temperature  of  at  least  160°  F.  and  this  temperature  maintained 
within  the  can  for  not  less  than  30  minutes.  Cans  should  show 
good  vacuum. 

Paragraph  3.  Meat  and  products  cooked  in  official  establishments 
shall  be  cooked  only  in  such  manner  as  may  be  approved  by  the 
chief  of  bureau. 

Paragraph  4.  Inasmuch  as  it  can  not  certainly  be  determined,  by 
any  present  known  method  of  inspection,  whether  the  muscle  tissue 
of  pork  contains  trichinae,  and  inasmuch  as  live  trichinae  are  dangerous 
to  health,  no  article,  of  a  kind  prepared  customarily  to  be  eaten 
without  cooking,  shall  contain  any  muscle  tissue  of  pork  unless  the 
pork  has  been  subjected  to  a  temperature  sufficient  to  destroy  all 
live  trichinae,  or  unless  it  be  subjected  to  some  other  treatment,  if 
any  be  discovered,  hereafter  approved  by  the  chief  of  bureau,  suf- 
ficient to  destroy  all  live  trichinae. 

Section  8.  Unless  labeled  at  once,  canned  meat  and  products 
shall  be  marked  so  as  to  maintain  their  identity  until  the  final  label 
is  attached. 

Section  9.  Paragraph  1.  The  only  animal  casings  that  may  be 
used  as  containers  of  any  meat  or  product  arc  those  from  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  or  goats. 

Paragraph  2.  Casings  for  meat  and  products  shall  be  carefully 
inspected  by  bureau  employees.  Only  those  which  have  been  care- 
fully washed  and  thoroughly  flushed  with  clean  water,  are  suitable 
for  containers,  arc  clean,  and  are  passed  on  such  inspection,  shall 
he  used. 


REG.    IS.    PREPARATION    OF    MEAT    AND   PRODUCTS.  53 

Paragraph  S.  Portions  of  casings  which  show  infestation  with 
(Esophagostomum  or  other  nodule-producing  parasite,  and  weasands 
infested  with  the  larvae  of  Hypoderma  UnecUum,  shall  be  re] 
except  that  when  the  infestation  is  slighl  and  the  nodules  and  larva; 
arc  removed,  the  casing  or  weasand  may  be  passed. 
.  Paragraph,  4.  Intestines  shall  not  be  used  as  ingredients  of  meat 
food  products. 

Paragraph  5.  The  fermenting  and  sliming  of  hog  and  sheep  c  isings 
shall  be  done  only  in  compartments  separate  from  those  in  which 
either  edible  or  inedible  products  are  handled. 

Section  10.  Paragraph  1.  Heads  for  use  in  the  preparation  of 
food  products  shall  be  split  and  the  bodies  of  the  teeth,  the 
turbinated  and  ethmoid  bones,  ear  tubes,  and  horn  butts  removed 
and  the  heads  then  thoroughly  cleaned. 

Paragraph  2.  Kidneys  for  use  in  the  preparation  of  meat  food  pro- 
ducts shall  first  be  freely  sectioned  and  then  thoroughly  soaked  and 
washed.  All  detached  kidneys,  including  beef  kidneys  detached 
with  kidney  fat,  shall  be  inspected  before  being  used  in  or  shipped 
from  the  establishment. 

Paragraph  3.  Cattle  paunches  and  hog  stomachs  for  use  in  the 
preparation  of  meat  food  products  shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned  on 
all  surfaces  and  parts  immediately  after  being  emptied  of  their 
contents. 

Paragraph  4-  Tonsils  shall  be  removed  and  shall  not  be  used  as 
ingredients  of  meat  food  products. 

Section  1 1 .  No  blood  which  comes  in  contact  with  the  surface  of 
the  body  of  an  animal  or  is  otherwise  contaminated  shall  be  collected 
for  food  purposes.  Only  blood  from  animals  the  carcasses  of  which 
are  inspected  and  passed  may  be  used  for  meat  food  products.  The 
defibrination  of  blood  intended  for  food  purposes  shall  not  be  per- 
formed with  the  hands. 

Section  12.  Lard  which  is  to  be  labeled  "pure  lard'"  shall  be  pre- 
pared in  equipment  used  exclusively  for  that  product.  Pipes  used 
to  convey  leaf  lard  and  pipes  used  to  convey  other  kinds  of  Lard  shall 
be  so  arranged  that  the  identity  of  each  product  shall  be  maintained 
until  the  product  is  properly  Labeled. 

Section  1.3.  Samples  of  meat,  and  products,  water,  dyes,  chemicals, 
preservatives,  spices,  or  other  article's  in  any  official  or  exempted 
establishment  shall  be  taken,  without  cost  to  the  department,  for 
examination,  as  often  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  1>\  the  bure 

Section  14.  No  dye,  chemical,  preservative,  or  other  substance,  the 

use  of  which  is  prohibited  by  these  regulations,  shall  be  brought  into 
or  kept  in  an  official  establishment. 


54  BEG.    19.    MARKET   INSPECTION. 

Section  1 5.  No  mixture  which  does  not  contain  a  considerable  and 
definite  proportion  of  inspected  and  passed  meat  or  products  shall 
bear  the  inspection  legend  or  any  abbreviation  or  representation 
thereof.  If  any  mixture  of  which  meat  or  product  is  an  ingredient 
contains  only  inspected  and  passed  meat  or  product,  and  such 
ingredient  is  not  a  considerable  and  definite  proportion  thereof,  and 
any  reference  is  made  to  inspection  on  the  label  or  container  thereof, 
such  reference  shall  be  in  the  following  form:  "The  meat  contained 
herein  has  been  inspected  and  passed  at  an  establishment  where 
Federal  inspection  is  maintained."  Any  mixture  which  does  not 
contain  a  definite  or  considerable  proportion  of  any  meat  or  product 
may  be  transported  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  without  being 
inspected  or  labeled  under  these  regulations,  but  subject  to  the 
provisions  and  requirements  of  the  food  and  drugs  act  and  the 
regulations  made  thereunder:  Provided,  That  where  such  mixture  is 
prepared  in  a  part  of  an  official  establishment,  the  sanitation  of  that 
part  of  the  establishment  shall  be  supervised  by  bureau  employees 
and  the  meat  or  product  used  as  an  ingredient  therein  shall  be 
inspected  before  it  enters  the  mixture. 

REGULATION  19.  MARKET  INSPECTION. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  Market  inspection  may  be  established  to 
provide  for  the  interstate  transportation  or  export,  from  public 
markets  and  other  places,  of  portions  of  inspected  and  passed  meat 
and  products  which,  when  cut  or  otherwise  removed  from  a  marked 
carcass,  part^  or  container,  do  not  show  the  inspection  legend.  Each 
city  in  which  market  inspection  is  established  shall  be  assigned  an 
official  number  by  the  chief  of  bureau,  and  all  articles  transported 
under  such  inspection  shall  bear  the  inspection  legend  and  the  official 
number  of  the  city. 

Paragraph  2.  Persons  granted  inspection  under  paragraph  1  of 
this  section  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  department 
governing  sanitation,  the  use  of  dyes,  chemicals,  and  preservatives, 
and  such  other  matters  as  may  be  specified  from  time  to  time  by  the 
chief  of  bureau  as  applicable  thereto. 

Section  2.  Unmarked  portions  cut  from  a  marked  carcass  or  part 
or  removed  from  a  marked  container,  under  market  inspection,  for 
interstate  transportation  or  for  export,  shall  be  inspected  by  a 
bureau  employee  at  the  time  they  are  so  cut  or  removed,  and,  if 
found  to  be  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food, 
shall  be  marked  with  the  inspection  legend.  Whenever  practicable, 
the  brand  shall  be  applied  to  the  meat  itself.  When  this  can  not  be 
done,  the  container  thereof  shall  be  marked,  for  interstate  transpor- 
tation, as  required  by  regulation  16,  or,  for  export,  as  required  by 
regulation  24. 


KEGS.    20,   21,   22.    REPORTS;    APPEALS)    COOPERATION.  55 

REGULATION  20.  REPORTS. 

Section  1.  Reports  of  the  work  of  inspection  carried  on  in  every 
official  establishment  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  department  by  the 
inspector  in  charge,  on  such  blank  forms  and  in  such  manner  as 
may  be  specified  by  the*  chief  of  bureau. 

Section  2.  Bureau  employees  shall  make  daily  reports  of  the 
amounts  of  articles  handled  or  prepared  in  the  subdivisions  of  the 
establishments  to  which  they  are  assigned,  and  of  such  other  things 
as  the  chief  of  bureau  may  require. 

Section  3.  Each  official  establishment  shall  furnish  to  bureau 
employees  accurate  information  as  to  all  matters  needed  by  them  for 
making  their  reports  pursuant  to  section  2  of  this  regulation. 

Section  4.  Reports  on  sanitation  shall  be  made  by  the  bureau 
employees  assigned  to  the  various  subdivisions  of  official  establish- 
ments to  the  inspector  in  charge,  and  by  the  inspector  in  charge  to 
the  chief  of  bureau. 

REGULATION  21.  APPEALS. 

Section  1.  When  the  action  of  an  inspector  in  condemning  any 
meat  or  product  is  questioned,  appeal  may  be  made  to  the  inspector 
in  charge,  and  from  his  decision  appeal  may  be  made  to  the  chief  of 
bureau,  or  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  whose  decision  shall  be 
final. 

REGULATION  22.  COOPERATION  WITH  LOCAL  AUTHORITIES. 

Section  1.  Inspectors  in  charge  shall  cooperate,  whenever  practi- 
cable to  do  so  in»  compliance  with  these  regulations,  with  State, 
municipal,  and  other  local  officials  in  matters  pertaining  to  meat 
inspection. 

Section  2.  Inspectors  in  charge  shall  confer  with  such  officials  at 
their  stations  and  inform  them  of  the  Federal  meat  inspection  service, 
what  the  bureau  is  accomplishing  in  that  particular  locality,  and  in 
turn  ascertain  what  is  being  done  by  the  local  officials.  Such  con- 
ferences shall  be  had  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  practicable  and 
mutually  agreeable,  with  a  viewr  to  Federal  and  local  officials  each 
being  helpful  to  the  other  in  handling  problems  where  assistance  i^ 
required  for  the  good  of  the  .-ervice,  and  particularly  for  the  purpose 
of  preventing  the  use  of  unfit  meat  and  products  for  food. 

Section   3.  If  it  be   proposed    to    adopt    a    definite   cooperative 

arrangement,  the  details  thereof  shall  be  submitted  to  and  appr 
by  the  chief  of  bureau  before  it  is  put  into  effect. 


5G        KEGS.   23  24.    BRIBERY,  ETC.  ;    EXPORT  STAMPS  AND  CERTIFICATES. 

REGULATION  23.  BRIBERY,  COUNTERFEITING,  ETC. 

Section  1 .  It  is  a  felony,  punishable  by  fine  and  imprisonment,  for 
any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  to  give,  pay,  or  offer,  directly  or 
indirectly,  to  any  bureau  employee  authorized  to  perform  any  duty 
prescribed  hy  the  meat  inspection  act  or  these  regulations,  any  money 
or  other  thing  of  value  with  intent  to  influence  such  employee  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duty.  It  is  also  a  felony,  punishable  by  fine  and 
imprisonment,  for  any  bureau  employee  engaged  in  the  performance 
of  any  duty  prescribed  by  the  meat  inspection  act  or  these  regulations 
to  receive  or  accept  from  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  engaged  in 
interstate  or  foreign  commerce  any  gift,  money,  or  other  thing  of 
value  given  with  any  purpose  or  intent  whatsoever. 

Section  2.  It  is  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  and  imprison- 
ment, for  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  officer,  agent,  or  employee 
thereof,  to  forge,  counterfeit,  simulate,  or  falsely  represent,  or  without 
proper  authority  to  use,  fail  to  use,  or  detach,  or  knowingly  or  wrong- 
fully to  alter,  deface,  or  destroy,  or  to  fail  to  deface  or  destroy,  any 
of  the  marks,  stamps,  tags,  labels,  or  other  identification  devices  pro- 
vided for  in  the  meat  inspection  act  or  in  and  as  directed  by  these 
regulations,  on  any  carcass,  part  of  carcass,  or  the  food  product  or 
containers  thereof,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  meat  inspection 
act,  or  any  certificate  in  relation  thereto  authorized  or  required  in 
the  meat  inspection  act  or  as  directed  in  these  regulations. 

Section  3.  Any  meat  or  product  which  bears,  or  the  container  of 
which  bears,  the  inspection  legend  or  any  other  mark  prescribed  by 
the  meat  inspection  act,  the  imported  meat  act,  or  these  regulations, 
shall  be  subject  to  inspection  at  any  time  or  place. 

Section  4.  Bureau  employees  shall  report,  in  such  form  and  manner 
as  the  chief  of  bureau  shall  prescribe,  any  meat  or  product  which 
bears,  or  the  container  of  which  bears,  the  inspection  legend  or  any 
other  mark  prescribed  by  the  meat  inspection  act,  the  imported  meat 
act,  or  these  regulations,  discovered  by  them  outside  of  official 
establishments  and  which  is  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or 
in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food,  so  that  criminal  proceedings,  pro- 
ceedings for  the  seizure  of  any  such  article  under  the  food  and  drugs 
act,  or  other  proceedings  may  be  instituted,  as  the  facts  may  warrant. 

REGULATION  24.  EXPORT  STAMPS  AND  CERTIFICATES.1 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  A  numbered  meat  inspection  stamp  shall 
be  affixed  to  each  outside  container  (except  cloth  wrappings)  of  any 
inspected  and  passed  meat  or  product  for  export. 

1  Attention  is  directed  to  the  requirements  of  regulation  25  governing  transportation,  and  to  the  require- 
ment of  paragraph  11  of  section  6  of  regulation  18  that  articles  prepared  under  said  section  C  for  export  be 
destroyed  for  food  purposes  before  being  sold  or  offered  for  sale  for  domestic  use  or  consumption. 


REG.    24.    EXPORT   STAMPS   AND    CERTIFICATES.  57 

Paragraph  2.  Such  stamp.-;  shall  l>c  securely  affixed  either  (a)  in  a 
grooved  space  made  by  removing  a  portion  of  the  wood  of  sufficient 
size  to  admit  the  stamp,  or  (b)  on  cither  end  of  tin4  package,  provided 
that  the  sides  thereof  are  made  to  project  at  least  one-eighth  of  an 
inch  to  afford  the  necessary  protection  from  abrasion. 

Paragraph  3.  The  cloth  wrapping  used  as  an  outside  container  of 
any  inspected  and  passed  meat  or  product  for  export  shall  bear  the 
inspection  legend  and  the  establishment  number  applied  by  an  ink 
brand. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  Upon  application  of  the  exporter,  the 
inspector  in  charge  is  authorized  to  issue  certificates  for  shipments  of 
inspected  and  passed  meat  and  products  to  any  foreign  country. 
Certificates  should  be  issued  at  the  time  the  articles  leave  the  estab- 
lishment; if  not  issued  at  that  time,  they  may  be  issued  later  only 
after  identification  and  reinspection  of  the  articles. 

Paragraph  2.  Export  certificates  shall  be  issued  in  serial  numbers 
and  in  triplicate  form.  Each  certificate  shall  show  the  names  of  the 
exporter  and  the  consignee,  the  destination,  the  numbers  of  the 
stamps,  if  any,  attached  to  the  articles  to  be  exported,  the  shipping 
marks,  the  kind  of  product,  and  the  weight. 

Paragraph  3.  Only  one  certificate  shall  be  issued  for  each  consign- 
ment, unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

Paragraph  4-  The  original  certificate  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
shipper  and  shall  be  used  only  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  the  trans- 
portation and  delivery  of  the  consignment. 

Paragraph  5.  The  duplicate  of  the  certificate  shall  be  delivered  to 
the  shipper.  It  shall  be  used  only  as  the  certificate  required  by  the 
meat  inspection  act  to  be  delivered  to  the  chief  officer  of  the  vessel 
on  which  the  export  shipment  is  made  and  without  which  no  clear- 
ance shall  be  given  to  any  vessel  having  aboard  any  meat  or  product . 
Such  chief  officer  shall  file  such  duplicate  with  the  customs  officer  at 
the  time  of  filing  the  master's  manifest  or  the  supplemental  manifest. 

Paragraph  6.  The  triplicate  of  the  certificate  shall  be  retained  by 
the  inspector  in  charge  issuing  the  same  and  forwarded  to  the  depart- 
ment for  filing. 

Paragraph  7.  Under  no  circumstances  shall  the  original  or  the  tripli- 
cate of  such  certificate  be  used  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  pre- 
scribed by  paragraph  5  of  this  section  that  the  duplicate  shall  be  used. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  No  person  operating  any  steam  or  sailing 
vessel  shall  receive  for  transportation  or  transport  from  the  United 
States  to  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  or  any  of  the  countries  of  con- 
tinental Europe,  or  to  Argentina,  Peru,  Mexico,  or  the  French  Antilles, 
any  meat  or  product,  except  ship  stores,  unless  and  until  a  certificate 
of  inspection  or  exemption  from  inspection  covering  the  same  lias  been 


58  REG.    24.    EXPORT    STAMPS   AND    CERTIFICATES. 

issued  and  delivered  as  provided  in  this  regulation.  The  requirement 
of  export  certificates  is  waived  for  meat  and  products  exported  to 
countries  other  than  those  named  in  this  paragraph,  and  to  allcoun tries 
in  cases  of  meat  and  products  covered  by  exemption  export  certificates 
issued  pursuant  to  paragraph  2  of  this  section. 

Paragraph  2.  Upon  application  to  the  chief  of  bureau,  exemption 
export  certificates,  showing  exemption  from  inspection,  shall  be  issued 
by  the  department,  for  each  consignment  for  export,  covering  articles 
permitted  by  sections  7  and  8  of  regulation  25  to" be  transported  in 
interstate  or  foreign  commerce  without  inspection. 

Section  4.  Numbered  inedible-product  stamps  and  certificates  of 
a  distinctive  color  may  be  issued,  upon  request  of  the  shipper,  for 
export  shipments  of  casings,  bladders,  hoofs,  horns,  and  similar 
inedible  animal  products. 

Section  5.  No  tallow,  stearin,  oleo  oil,  or  the  rendered  fat  derived 
from  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  that  has  not  been  inspected,  passed, 
and  marked  in  compliance  with  these  regulations  shall  be  exported, 
unless  the  shipper  files  with  the  collector  of  customs  at  the  port  from 
which  the  export  shipment  is  made  an  affidavit  by  the  exporter  that 
such  article  is  inedible. 

Section  6.  Paragrapli  1.  Numbered  stamps  and  certificates  of  a 
distinctive  color,  to  be  known  as  preservative  stamps  and  certificates, 
shall  be  issued  to  identify  all  articles  prepared  or  packed  with  preserv- 
atives for  export.  The  stamps  shall  be  securely  affixed  to  containers 
of  the  articles  before  they  leave  the  establishment,  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed by  paragraph  2  of  section  1  of  this  regulation.  Unless,  upon 
special  application  to  him,  the  chief  of  bureau  shall  otherwise  direct, 
the  certificates  shall  be  issued  before  the  articles  leave  the  establish- 
ment, and  shall  be  issued  and  used  in  the  same  way  and  shall  serve 
the  same  purposes,  respectively,  as  the  certificates  issued  pursuant  to 
section  2  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  2.  Prior  to  export  no  preservative  stamp  required  by 
this  section  shall  be  detached  from  the  container  except  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee.  If  the  preservative  stamp 
be  detached,  then  the  article  in  the  container  shall  be  either  repacked, 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  8  or  9  and  paragraph 
10  of  section  6  of  regulation  18,  or  destroyed  for  food  purposes  under 
the  supervision  of  a  bureau  employee. 


REG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION.  59 

REGULATION  25.  TRANSPORTATION.1 

Section  1.  No  carrier  or  other  person  shall  transport  or  receive  for 
transportation  from  one  Stale  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  to  any 
place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  to  a  foreign 
country,  any  article  derived  wholly  or  in  part  from  cattle,  slice]), 
swine,  or  goats  unless  and  until  a  certificate  is  made  and  furnished  to 
him  in  one  of  the  forms  prescribed  therefor  in  this  regulation:  Pro- 
vided, however,  That  any  such  article  offered  for  importation  into  the 
United  States  may  be  transported  and  received  for  transportation 
from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  without  such  a  certifi- 
cate, if  such  meat  or  product  is  conveyed,  prior  to  inspection,  in  cars, 
wagons,  vehicles,  or  packages,  sealed  with  special  import  meat  seals 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  or  with  customs  or  consular  seals 
as  provided  in  paragraph  8  of  section  7  of  regulation  27. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1.  For  the  purposes  of  these  regulations  the 
United  States  parcel  post  shall  be  deemed  a  carrier,  and  the  provi- 
sions of  these  regulations  relating  to  transportation  by  carriers  shall 
apply,  so  far  as  they  may  be  applicable,  to  transportation  by  parcel 
post. 

Paragraph  2.  For  the  purposes  of  these  regulations  every  ferry  and 
ferry  line  shall  be  deemed  a  carrier,  and  the  provisions  of  these  regu- 
lations relating  to  transportation  by  carriers  shall  apply  to  transpor- 
tation by  ferry  or  ferry  line  of  any  meat  or  product  loaded  on  a  truck, 
wagon,  cart,  or  other  vehicle,  or  otherwise  prepared  for  transportation. 

Section  3.  When  any  shipment  of  any  meat  or  product  is  offered  to 
any  carrier  for  transportation  within  the  United  States  as  a  part  of  a 
foreign  movement,  the  same  certificate  shall  be  required  as  if  the 
shipment  were  destined  to  a  point  within  the  United  States. 

Section  4.  Paragraph  1.  Jobbers,  wholesalers,  and  others  who  do 
no  slaughtering  or  processing  and  who  receive  meat  and  products 
which  have  not  been  processed  other  than  under  inspection  in  com- 
pliance with  these  regulations  may  break  bulk,  repack,  and  ship  the 
same  in  interstate  commerce  under  section  5  of  this  regulation,  pro- 
vided that  each  article  so  shipped  bears  the  inspecjion  Legend  and  is 

1  The  transportation  of  any  meat  or  product  from  one  point  in  a  State  ox  Territory  to  another  point  in  the 

same  State  or  Territory,  when  in  (ho  course  of  shipment  the  article  is  taken  through  another  Btate  or  Ter- 
ritory, is  interstate  commerce. 

In  connection  with  t he  wording  of  the  inspection  legend  as  required  in  cerl  :  :!.:    r.  gula- 

tion,  attention  is  furthur  directed  to  sections  2  and  3  of  regulal  ion  1 . 

Attention  is  directed  to  the  facts  that  the  meat  Inspection  art  prohibits  the  transportation  of  any  meat 
or  product  which  does  not  comply  with  the  law  and  these  regulations,  and  mal.es  a  violation  either  of  the 
actor  of  these  regulations  acriminal  otTensc  punishable  by  a  fine  of  110,006  and  Imprisonment  for  t- 

Attention  is  also  directed  to  the  additional  re/iuirements  of  regulation  24  governing  export  stamps  and 
certificates,  and  to  section  10  of  regulation  10. 


60  REG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION. 

sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food  at  the  time  of 
such  shipment. 

Paragraph  2.  Jobbers,  wholesalers,  and  others  who  do  no  slaughter- 
ing or  processing  and  who  receive  meat  and  products  which  have  not 
been  processed  other  than  under  inspection  in  compliance  with  these 
regulations  may  ship  such  articles  in  interstate  commerce  under  sec- 
tion  5  of  this  regulation  in  the  original  containers  in  which  the  same 
were  received  by  them,  provided  that  such  containers  bear  the  inspec- 
tion legend  and  the  articles  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit 
for  human  food  at  the  time  of  such  shipment. 

Paragraph  3.  The  provisions  of  paragraphs  1  and  2  of  this  section 
apply  to  branch  houses  of  official  establishments  when,  and  only  when, 
no  slaughtering  or  processing  of  any  character  is  done  in  such  branch 
houses. 

Paragraph  4-  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  be  construed 
as  limiting  the  authority  of  bureau  employees  under  other  regulations 
to  make  inspections  and  reinspections  of  articles  bearing  marks  of 
inspection. 

Section  5.  When  any  meat  or  product  which  has  been  inspected 
and  passed  and  bears  the  inspection  legend  is  offered  to  any  carrier 
for  transportation  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  to  or  through,  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States,  or  to  a  foreign  country,  the  carrier  shall  require,  and  the 
shipper  shall  make  and  deliver  to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in  the 
following  form,  except  as  provided  in  section  6  of  this  regulation: 

Date ,  191  . 

Name  of  carrier 

Shipper 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  meat  or  meat  food  products,  which 
are  offered  for  shipment  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  have  been  inspected  and 
passed  according  to  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906,  are  so  marked,  and  at  this 
date  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 
(Address  of  shipper.) 


The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 
This  certificate  may  be  stamped  upon  or  incorporated  in  any  form 
which  is  ordinarily  used  in  the  transportation  of  meat  and  products. 


REG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION.  61 

Certificates  of  this  form  or  copies  thereof  need  not  ho  forwarded  to 
the  department  at  Washington. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1.  Any  meat  or  product  which  has  been 
inspected  and  passed  may  be  transported  from  one  official  establish- 
ment to  any  other  official  establishment  without  each  article  being 
marked  with  the  inspection  legend,  provided  that  the  same  is 
placed  in  a  railroad  car  which  is  sealed  l  by  a  bureau  employee  with 
the  official  seal  of  the  department  bearing  the  inspection  legend. 
Unless  25  per  cent  or  more  of  the  contents  of  each  car  consist  of 
meat  and  products  not  marked  with  the  inspection  legend,  transpor- 
tation will  not  be  permitted  under  this  paragraph. 

Paragraph  2.  When  articles  are  offered  for  transportation  under 
paragraph  1  of  this  section  the  carrier  shall  require,  and  the  shipper 
shall  make  and  deliver  to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in  duplicate  in  the 
following  form: 2 

Date ,  191  . 

Name  of  carrier 

Iv^tablishment  number  of  consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Establishment  number  of  consignee 

Destination 

Car  number  and  initials 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  meat  or  meat  food  products  have  been 
inspected  and  passed  according  to  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906.  They  are 
not  marked  "IT.  S.  inspected  and  passed,"  but  have  been  placed  in  the  above  car 
under  the  supervision  of  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  and  the  c^r 

has  been  sealed  by  him  with  Government  seals  Nos and 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.  | 
(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in 
full.  This  certificate  shall  he  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill, 
bill  of  lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  transportation 
of  meat.  The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immediately 
by  the  initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  [ndustry, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

For  the  purpose  of  the  certificate  under  this  paragraph  all  articles 
in  cars  permitted  by  paragraph  1  of  ibis  section  to  be  sealed  shall  be 
deemed  to  he  "not  marked." 

1  Attention  is  directed  to  the  law  which  provides  a  penalty  of  fine  and  imprisonment  for  l>r--:iki:' 
on  such  cars  without  authority. 
J  For  convenience  in  filing  it  is  requested  that  these  certificates  be  made  on  papei  inches  in  si7<\ 


G2  BEG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION. 

Paragraph  3.  When  shipments  are  made  under  paragraph  1  of  this 
section  the  inspector  in  charge  at  the  point  of  origin  shall  immediately 
notify  the  chief  of  bureau  and  the  inspector  in  charge  at  the  point 
of  destination. 

Paragraph  4-  Inspected  and  passed  articles  may  be  transported 
from  one  official  establishment  to  any  other  official  establishment, 
without  each  article  being  marked  with  the  inspection  legend,  in  a 
wagon  securely  sealed  by  a  bureau  employee  with  the  official  seal 
of  the  department  bearing  the  inspection  legend.  Only  wagons 
properly  equipped  for  the  purpose  may  be  sealed  under  this  paragraph. 

Paragraph  5.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  2  of  section  14  of 
this  regulation,  seals  affixed  under  this  section  shall  be  broken  by 
bureau  employees,  and  no  person  other  than  a  bureau  employee 
shall  detach,  break,  change,  or  tamper  with  any  such  seal  in  any 
way  whatever. 

Section  7.  When  am^nieat  or  product  which  has  not  been  inspected 
and  passed  under  these  regulations  is  offered  for  transportation 
from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  or  through 
another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  to  any 
place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  to  a  foreign 
country,  by  any  retail  butcher  or  retail  dealer  supplying  a  customer, 
who  holds  a  certificate  of  exemption  issued  in  compliance  with  these 
regulations,  the  carrier  shall  require,  and  such  retail  butcher  or 
retail  dealer  shall  make  and  deliver  to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in 
duplicate  in  the  following  form: 1 

Date ,  191     . 

Name  of  carrier 

Shipper 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

Number  of  exemption  certificate 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  am  a  retail  butcher  or  a  retail  dealer  in  meat  or  meat  food 
products;  that  the  following  described  meat  or  meat  food  products  are  offered  for 
shipment  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  to  a  customer,  as  exempted  from  inspec- 
tion according  to  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906,  under  certificate  issued  to  me 
by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  that  at  this  date  they  are  sound, 
healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food,  and  contain  no  preservative  or  coloring 
matter  or  other  substance  prohibited  by  the  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
governing  meat  inspection. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 
( Address  of  shipper. ) 


1  l>>r  convenience  in  filing  it,  is  requested  that  these  certificates  he  made  on  paper  5}  by  8  inches  in  size. 


BEG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION.  63 

The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in  full, 
and  each  certificate  shall  show  the  exemption  number  of  the  shipper. 
This  certificate  shall  be  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill,  bill  of 
lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  transportation  of  meat. 
The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immediately  by  the 
initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  V 
ington,  D.  ('. 

Section  8.  When  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  have  been 
slaughtered  by  a  farmer  on  the  farm,  and  any  meat  or  product 
derived  therefrom  is  offered  to  a  carrier  for  transportation  from  one 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  or  through  another 
Slate  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  to  any  place  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  to  a  foreign  country,  the 
carrier  may  so  transport  such  meat  or  product  which  is  identified 
as  derived  from  any  of  such  animals  slaughtered  by  a  farmer  on  the 
farm.  The  carrier  shall  require,  and  the  shipper  shall  make  and 
deliver  to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in  duplicate  in  the  following  form:  1 

Date 191     . 

Name  of  carrier 

Shipper 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Deeti  nation 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  uninspected  meat  or  meat  food  products 
are  from  animals  slaughtered  by  a  farmer  on  the  farm,  and  are  offered  for  transporta- 
tion in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  aa  exempted  from  inspection  according  to  the 
act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906,  and  that  at  this  date  they  are  sound,  healthful,  whole- 
seme,  and  fit  for  human  food,  and  contain  no  preservative  or  coloring  matter  or  other 
substance  prohibited  by  the  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  governing 
meat  inspection. 

Kind  of  product..  Amount  and  weight. 


iture  of  shipper.) 
(Address  of  Shipper.  | 

The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 
This  certificate  shall  be  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill,  hill 
of  lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  transportation  of  meat. 
The  duplicate   certificate   shall  be   forwarded   immediately  by  the 

initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Section  9.  All  waybills,  transfer  bills,  running  slips,  orcondw 

cards  accompanying  .an  interstate  or  foreign  shipment  of  any  meal 

iFor  convenience  in  filing  it  is  requested  that  these  &  r  made  en  paper  ■"•:.  by  8  inches  in  size. 


64  KEG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION. 

or  product  shall  have  embodied  therein,  stamped  thereon,  or  attached 
thereto  a  signed  statement  which  shall  be  evidence  to  connecting 
carriers  that  the  proper  shipper's  certificate,  as  required  by  sections 
5,  G,  7,  and  8  of  this  regulation,  is  on  file  with  the  initial  carrier;  and 
no  connecting  carrier  shall  receive  for  transportation  or  transport 
any  interstate  or  foreign  shipment  of  any  meat  or  product  unless  the 
waybill,  transfer  bill,  running  slip,  or  conductor's  card  accompanying 
the  same  includes  the  aforesaid  signed  statement  in  one  of  the  follow- 
ing forms : 

When  shipment  is  made  under  section  5  or  6: 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 
United  States  inspected  and  passed,  as  evidenced  'by  shipper's  certificate  on  file 
with  initial  carrier. 

(Signed) ,  Agent. 

When,  shipment  is  made  under  section  7  or  8 : 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 
Exempted  from  inspection,  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  certificate  on  file  with  initial 
carrier. 

(Signed) Agent. 

Signatures  of  agents  to  statements  required  under  this  section 
shall  be  written  in  full. 

Section  10.  When  it  is  claimed  that  any  meat  or  product,  which 
has  theretofore  been  inspected  and  passed  and  marked  with  the 
inspection  legend,  has  become  unsound,  mihealthful,  unwholesome, 
or  in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food  after  it  has  been  transported 
for  sale  away  from  an  official  establishment,  then,  in  order  to  ascer- 
tain whether  it  is  unsound,  mihealthful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any  way 
unfit  for  human  food,  the  same  may  be  transported  from  one  State 
or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  official  establishment 
in  the  same  or  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
if  a  written  permit  in  duplicate  for  such  shipment  is  first  obtained 
from  the  inspector  in  charge  of  the  establishment  to  which  the  ship- 
ment is  destined.  In  case  of  every  such  shipment  both  the  original 
and  the  duplicate  of  the  permit  shall  be  surrendered  to  the  carrier, 
and  the  carrier  shall  require,  and  the  shipper  shall  make  and  deliver 
to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in  duplicate  in  the  following  form:1 

Dale 191   \ 

Name  of  carrier 

Consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Dest  i nation 

Number  of  perm.i1 

1  For  convenience  in  Ming  ii  is  requested  that  those  certificates  be  made  on  paper  5\  by  8  inches  in  size 


REG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION.  65 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  meal  or  meal,  food  products  have 
inspected  and  passed  according  to  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  190G,  and  are  so 
marked.     Itis  alleged  that  the  said  meal  or  meat  food  products  are  unsound,  unhealth- 
ful.  unwholesome,  and  unfit  for  human  food. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

(Business  or  occupation  of  shipper.) 

( Address  of  shipper.) 


The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in  full, 
and  the  certificate  shall  in  every  case  contain  a  description  and  the 
weight  of  the  meat  or  product.  This  certificate  shall  be  separate  and 
apart  from  any  waybill,  bill  of  lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used 
in  the  transportation  of  meat.  One  of  these  certificates  and  the  dupli- 
cate copy  of  the  inspector's  permit  shall  be  retained  by  the  carrier; 
the  other  copy  of  the  certificate  and  the  original  inspector's  permit 
shall  be  forwarded  immediately  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry,  Washington,  D.  C. 

As  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the  proper  shipper's 
certificate  as  required  by  this  paragraph  is  on  file  with  the  initial 
carrier,  the  waybills,  transfer  bills,  running  slips,  or  conductor's 
cards  accompanying  such  shipments  shall  have  embodied  therein, 
stamped  thereon,  or  attached  thereto  a  signed  statement  in  the  fol- 
lowing form : 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 
Meat  or  meat  food  product  alleged  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit 
for  food,  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  certificate  on  file  with  initial  carrier. 

(Signed) Agent . 

The  signature  of  the  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 

Upon  the  arrival  of  the  shipment  at  the  establishment,  a  careful 
inspection  shall  be  made  of  the  meat  or  product  by  a  bureau  inspec- 
tor, and  if  it  is  found  that  the  article  is  sound,  healthful,  whole: 
some,  and  fit  for  human  food,  the  same  may  be  received  into  the 
establishment ;  but  if  the  article  is  found  to  be  unsound,  unhealthful, 
unwholesome,  or  in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food,  the  same  shall 
at  once  be  stamped  "U.  S,  inspected  and  condemned"  and  disposed 
of  in  accordance  with  these  regulations. 

No  meat  or  product  which  is  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome, 
or  in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food  shall  be  transported  from  an 
official  establishment  under  this  section,  but  it  shall  be  disposed 
of  at  the  establishment  in  accordance  with  these  regulations. 

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66  REG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION. 

Section  11.  Any  uninspected  meat  or  product,  or  any  inspected 
and  passed  meat  or  product,  which  is  known  to  have  become  unsound, 
unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any  way  unfit  for  human  food,  may 
be  transported  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
to  or  through  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
or  to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  to  a 
foreign  country,  for  industrial  use,  provided  it  is  first  denatured  or 
otherwise  destroyed  for  food  purposes.  The  shipper  shall  not  offer 
nor  the  carrier  accept  for  interstate  or  foreign  transportation  any 
such  article  until  it  has  been  denatured  or  otherwise  destroyed  for 
food  purposes.  The  carrier  shall  require,  and  the  shipper  shall  make 
and  deliver  to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in  duplicate  in  the  following 

form:  * 

Date ,191     . 

Name  of  carrier 

Consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  inedible  meat  or  meat  food  products 
have  been  denatured  or  otherwise  rendered  unavailable  for  food  purposes. 
Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

(Business  or  occupation  of  shipper.) 

(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 
This  certificate  shall  be  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill,  bill 
of  lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  transportation  of  meat. 
The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immediately  by  the 
initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

As  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the  proper  shipper's  cer- 
tificate is  on  file  with  the  initial  carrier,  the  waybills,  transfer  bills, 
running  slips,  or  conductor's  cards  accompanying  such  shipments 
shall  have  embodied  therein,  stamped  thereon,  or  attached  thereto  a 
signed  statement  in  the  following  form: 

(Name  of  transportation  company). 
Unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  food,  and  denatured  or  otherwise 
rendered  unavailable  for  food  purposes,  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  certificate  on  file 
with  initial  carrier. 

(Signed) ,  Agent. 

The  signature  of  the  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 

1  For  convenience  hi  filing  it  Is  requested  that  these  certificates  be  made  on  paper  5£  by  8  inches  fn  she. 


REG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION.  67 


Section  12.  When  inedible  grease  or  tallow  or  other  inedible  arl  tele 
derived  wholly  or  in  part  from  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats,  suit 
only  for  industrial  use,  is  of  such  a  nature  or  for  such  an  industrial 

use  that  it  is  impracticable  to  denature  tho  same,  such  product  may  be 
transported  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
to  or  through  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
or  to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or 
foreign  country,  without  denaturing,  if  both  ends  of  the  containers 
af,e  painted  white  and  conspicuously  stenciled  or  burned  with  the  true 
name  of  the  product  and  the  word  "inedible"  in  letters  not  less  than 
two  inches  high,  and  the  other  provisions  of  this  section  arc  complied 
with.  The  carrier  shall  require,  and  the  shipper  shall  make  and 
deliver  to  the  carrier,  a  certificate  in  duplicate  in  the  following  form: l 

Date ,  191     . 

INEDIBLE    FAT. 

Name  of  carrier 

Consignor 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  fat  is  not  capable  of  being  used  as  food 
by  man,  is  suitable  only  foi  industrial  purposes,  is  not  for  food  purposes,  and  is  of  such 
a  character  or  for  such  a  use  that  denaturing  is  impracticable.  I  further  certify  that 
there  is  now  on  file  with  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  a  declaration  by  the  establish- 
ment in  which  said  fat  was  prepared,  or  from  which  it  is  offered  for  shipment,  in  com- 
pliance with  section  G  of  regulation  4  of  the  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
governing  meat  inspection. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

(Business  or  occupation  of  shipper.) 

(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 
This  certificate  shall  be  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill,  hill 
of  lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  transportation  of  moat. 
The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immediately  by  tho 
initial  carrier  to  tho  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

As  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the  proper  shipper's  cer- 
tificate is  on  file  with  the  initial  carrier,  the  waybills,  transfer  bills, 
running  slips,   or  conductor's  cards   accompanying  such  shipments 

i  For  convenience  in  filing  it  is  requested  that  them  certificates  be  made  on  paper  5J  by  8  inches  in  size. 


68  BEG.    25.    TRANSPORTATION. 

shall  have  embodied  therein,  stamped  thereon,  or  attached  thereto 
a  signed  statement  in  the  following  form: 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 
Inedible  and  suitable  only  for  industrial  purposes,  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  cer- 
tificate on  file  with  initial  carrier. 

(Signed) Agent. 

The  signature  of  the  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 

Section  13.  All  original  certificates  delivered  to  a  carrier  in  accord- 
ance with  this  regulation  shall  be  filed  separate  and  apart  from  all 
its  other  papers  and  records  and  retained  by  it  for  one  year,  in  order 
that  they  may  be  readily  checked  in  such  manner  as  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

Section  14.  Paragraph  1.  Shipments  of  inspected  and  passed 
meat  and  products  that  bear  the  inspection  legend  may  be  diverted 
from  the  original  destination  without  a  reinspection  of  the  articles, 
or  in  case  of  wreck  or  other  extraordinary  emergency  the  carrier  may 
divert  such  shipments  from  the  original  destination  without  a  rein- 
spection of  the  articles,  provided  the  waybills,  transfer  bills,  run- 
ning slips,  or  conductor's  cards  accompanying  the  shipments  are 
marked,  stamped,  or  have  attached  thereto  signed  statements  in 
accordance  with  section  9  of  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  2,  In  case  of  wreck  or  other  extraordinary  emergency, 
the  department  seals  on  a  car  containing  any  inspected  and  passed 
meat  or  product  may  be  broken  by  the  carrier,  and,  if  necessary,  the 
articles  may  be  reloaded  into  another  car,  or  the  shipment  may  be 
diverted  from  the  original  destination,  without  another  shipper's 
certificate;  but  in  all  such  cases  the  carrier  shall  immediately  report 
the  facts  by  telegraph  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
Washington,  D.  C.  Such  report  shall  include  the  following  informa- 
tion: 

(a)  Nature  of  the  emergency. 

(b)  Place  where  seals  were  broken. 

(c)  Original  points  of  shipment  and  destination. 

(d)  Number  and  initials  of  the  original  car. 

(e)  Number  and  initials  of  the  car  into  which  the  articles  are 
reloaded. 

(/)   New  destination  of  the  shipment. 
(g)  Kind  and  amount  of  articles. 

Section  15.  The  provisions  of  this  regulation  do  not  apply  to  speci- 
mens of  meat  and  products  sent  to  or  by  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture or  branches  thereof  in  Washington,  D.  C,  or  elsewhere,  for 
laboratory  examination,  exhibition  purposes,  or  other  official  use. 


REGS.   26,   27.    FOOD  AND  DRUGS   ACT;   IMPORTS.  69 

REGULATION  26.  FOOD  AND  DRUGS  ACT. 

Section  1.  Inspected  and  passed  meat  and  products,  like  unin- 
spected moat  and  products,  shall  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the 
food  and  drugs  act  in  every  respect.  Failure  to  comply  renders 
all  such  articles  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  District  of  Columbia  or 
any  Territory  or  other  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States,  or  shipped  or  delivered  for  shipment  from  one  State  or  Terri- 
tory or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  another  wState  or  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  or  to  any  foreign  country,  liable  to  seizure  for 
condemnation,  and  renders  manufacturers,  vendors,  and  shippers  in 
appropriate  cases  amenable  to  prosecution  under  the  food  and  drugs 
act. 

REGULATION  27.  IMPORTED  MEAT  AND  PRODUCTS.1 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1.  This  regulation  shall  apply  only  to 
meat  and  products  derived  from  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats.2 

Paragraph  2.  The  term  United  States,  as  used  in  this  regulation, 
includes  Alaska,  Hawaii,  and  Porto  Rico. 

Section  2.  Whenever  it  shall  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture,  after  due  investigation,  that  the  system  of  meat  inspec- 
tion maintained  by  any  foreign,  country  is  not  the  substantial  equiva- 
lent of,  or  is  not  as  efficient  as,  the  system  established  and  main- 
tained by  the  United  States,  or  that  the  inspection  made  by  any 
foreign  country  is  not  the  substantial  equivalent  of,  or  is  not  as  effi- 
cient as,  the  inspection  made  by  the  United  States,  or  that  reliance 
can  not  be  placed  upon  certificates  required  under  this  regulation 
from  authorities  of  such  foreign  country,  due  notice  will  be  given  of 
that  fact  by  proclamation  or  otherwise,  and  thereafter  no  meat  or 
product,  as  to  which  the  inspection  or  certification  is  determined  to 
be  insufficient,  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States  from  such 
foreign  country. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1.  No  meat  or  product  of  a  kind  forbidden 
entry  into,  or  forbidden  to  be  sold  or  restricted  in  sale  in,  the  country 
in  which  the  animal  from  which  it  was  derived  was  slaughtered,  or 
in  winch  the  article  was  prepared  or  processed,  shall  be  admitted 
into  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  2.  No  meat  or  product  which  contains  or  has  been 
treated  with  any  preservative,  coloring  matter,  or  other  substance, 
except  as  permitted  by  regulation  18,  shall  be  admitted  into  the 
United   States.     No  article  of  a  kind  mentioned   in   paragraph  4  of 

1  Imported  meat  ami  products  after  admission  into  t  lie  United  States  are  defined  and  treated  m  d 
articles  (38 Stat.  159).     Attention  is  invited  particularly  to  regulations  1,  16,  17   see.  7-12 incL);   l><(scc.  :{, 
6,  9  (par.  1),  15);  25,20. 

2  The  Importation  of  edible  products  derived  wholly  or  in  pari  from  animals  other  than  cattle,  aheap, 
swine,  and  goats  Is  governed  by  the  food  and  drugs  act  as  amended  and  the  ralea  and  regulations  made 
pursuant  thereto. 


70  BEG.    27.   IMPORTED   MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS. 

section  7  of  regulation  IS,  unless  treated  in  compliance  therewith, 
shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  3.  No  meat  or  product  which  bears,  or  the  container  of 
which  bears,  any  statement,  design,  or  device  prohibited  by  sections 
7  to  11,  inclusive,  of  regulation  17,  6r  which  is  in  any  respect  mis- 
branded  or  adulterated  within  the  meaning  of  the  food  and  drugs  act, 
as  amended,  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  4-  No  meat  trimmings  in  pieces  too  small  to  permit  of 
adequate  inspection  upon  arrival  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United 
States. 

Paragraph  5.  No  inedible  grease,  inedible  tallow,  or  other  inedible 
rendered  fat  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States  unless  both  ends 
of  each  container,  such  as  barrels,  tierces,  or  tank  cars,  are  painted 
white  and  conspicuously  stenciled  or  burned  with  the  name  of  the 
product  and  the  word  "inedible"  in  letters  not  less  than  two  inches 
high,  or,  in  the  case  of  tank  cars,  not  less  than  four  inches  high. 

Paragraph  6.  Grease,  tallow,  and  other  rendered  fat  which  is  capa- 
ble of  being  used  for  food  by  man,  for  inspection  purposes  will  be 
dealt  with  as  edible  unless  otherwise  declared  on  the  invoice.  Ship- 
ments of  grease,  tallow,  and  other  rendered  fat  offered  for  importa- 
tion for  industrial  purposes  should  be  accompanied  by  a  declaration 
stating  that  fact. 

Section  4.  No  meat  or  product  offered  for  importation  from  any 
foreign  country  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States,  except  upon 
compliance  with  all  the  requirements  of  this  regulation  applicable  to  it. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1.  Except  as  provided  in  section  11  of  this 
regulation,  each  consignment  containing  any  meat  or  product,  con- 
signed to  the  United  States  from  the  foreign  country  of  the  slaughter 
of  the  animals  from  which  it  was  derived,  and  transported  from  such 
foreign  country  without  unloading  in  any  other  foreign  country  for 
any  purpose  except  transfer  from  one  carrier  to  another  in  the  course 
of  continuous  transportation  to  the  United  States,  shall  be  accom- 
panied by  a  foreign  meat  inspection  certificate  in  the  following  form: 

OFFICIAL  MEAT  INSPECTION  CERTIFICATE  OF  COUNTRY  OF  SLAUGHTER. 

(For  continuous  shipment  of  meat  and  meat  food  products  to  United  States.) 


Place Bate 

(City.)  (Country.) 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  herein  described  were  derived 
from  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  which  received  ante-mortem  and  post-mortem 
veterinary  inspection  at  the  time  of  slaughter,  and  that  such  meat  and  meat  food 
products  are  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  otherwise  fit  for  human  food,  and  have 
not  been  treated  with,  and  do  not  contain,  any  preservative,  coloring  matter,  or  other 
substance  not   permitted    by   the   regulations  of   the  United    States   Secretary  of 


REG.   27.   IMPORTED   MEATS  AND  PRODUCTS.  71 

Agriculture  governing  meat  inspection,  filed  with  me,  and  that  said  meat  and  meal 
food  products  have  been  handled  only  in  a  sanitary  manner  in  this  country. 

Kind  of  product.  Number  of  pieces  or  packages.  Weight. 


Identification  marka  on  meats  and  packages 

Consignor Address 

Consignee Destinat  ion 

Shipping  marks 

(Signature) 

(Name  of  ollicial  of  national  foreign  government 
authorized  to  issue  inspection  certificates  for 
meat  and  meat  food  products  exported  to  the 
United  States.) 

(Official  title) 


Note. — A  certificate  in  the  above  form  is  required  to  accompany  each  consignment 
transported  to  the  United  States  from  the  country  of  the  slaughter  of  the  animals  from 
which  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  are  derived,  without  unloading  in  any  other 
country  except  to  transfer  the  same  from  one  carrier  to  another  in  the  course  of  con- 
tinuous transportation,  and  to  be  delivered  by  the  consignee,  or  his  agent,  to  the 
inspector  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  the  point  of  inspection  in  the  United 
States. 

The  following  information  is  required  to  be  supplied  on  the  certifi- 
cate by  each  carrier  loading  the  consignment: 

Loaded at <  >n 

(Date.)  (Place.) 

(Name  of  vessel  or  car  numbers  and  initials.) 
;  and,  if  unloaded  at  any 

(Signature  of  officer  or  agent  of  carrier  making  indorsement.) 

place  prior  to  arrival  in  the  United  States,  unloaded 

(Date.) 

at by  the 

(  Place. )  ( Name  o  f  carrier. ) 

;  and  reloaded 

(Signature  of  officer  or  agent  of  carrier  making  indorsement.) 

at on 

(Date.)  (Ptai 

by  the 

(Name  of  vessel  or  car  numbers  and  initials.)  Name  of  carrier.  | 


(Signature  of  officer  or  agent  of  carrier  making  Indorsement, 


Paragraph  ...   Except  as  provided  in  section  11  of  this  regulation, 
each  consignment  containing  any  meal  or  producl  consigned  to  a 

country  other  than  the  United  State-  at  the  time  it  leaves  the  foreigD 
country  of  the  slaughter  of  the  animals  from  which  it  was  derived, 
which  is  reconsigned  and  transported  to  the  United  State-  from  such 

foreign  country  without  unloading  in  any  other  foreign  country  for 
any  purpose  except  transfer  from  one  carrier  to  another  in  the  course 


72  BEG.   27.   IMPORTED   MEATS  AND  PRODUCTS. 

of  continuous  transportation  to  the  United  States,  shall  be  accon> 
panied  by  a  certificate  in  the  form  prescribed  by  paragraph  1  of  this 
section,  to  which  there  shall  be  attached  a  declaration,  made  before 
a  United  States  consular  officer  by  the  consignor  or  his  agent  in  the 
country  from  which  consigned  to  the  United  States,  as  follows : 

I  (we),  the  undersigned,  do  solemnly  and  truly  declare  that  the  meat  and  meat  food 
products  described  in  the  annexed  certificate,  and  designated  below,  arrived  in  this 
country at 

(Date.)  (Place.) 

on 

(Name  of  vessel  or  car  numbers  and.  intitals.) 

and  that  the  same  have  not  been  unloaded  in  this  country  for  any  purpose  except 
transfer  from  the  carrier  on  which  the  same  arrived  in  this  country  to  another  in  the 

course  of  transportation  and  reloading  for  transportation  to  the  United  States 

at 

(Date.)  (Place.) 

on 

(Name  of  vessel  or  car  numbers  and  intitals.) 

Kind  of  product.  Number  of  pieces  or  packages.  Weight. 


Identification  marks  on  meats  and  packages 

Consignor  in  country  of  slaughter 

Consignee  in  country*  of  reloading 

Consignee  in  United  States 

Destination 

Shipping  marks 

Dated  at this 

day  of 191     . 


(Signed) 

(Name  of  shipper  or  his  agent.) 


(Address.) 
(Authentication  and  seal  of  United  States  consul.) 

Paragraphs.  Except  as  provided  in  section  11  of  this  regulation, 
each  consignment  containing  any  meat  or  product,  the  transportation 
of  which  to  the  United  States  from  the  foreign  country  of  the  slaughter 
of  the  animals  from  which  it  was  derived  has  been  interrupted  by 
uidoading  in  any  other  foreign  country  for  some  purpose  other  than 
transfer  from  one  carrier  to  another  in  the  course  of  continuous 
transportation  to  the  United  States,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  cer- 
tificate in  the  following  form: 


BEG     27.    IMPORTED    MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS.  73 

OFFICIAL  MEAT  INSPECTION  CERTIFICATE  OF  COUNTRY  OTHER    THAN  COUNTRY  OF 

SLAUGHTER. 

(For  shipment  of  meat  and  meat  food  products  to  United  States  qoI  continuous  from 

country  of  slaughter.) 

Place Date 191  . 

(City.)                              (Country.) 
I  hereby  certify  that  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  herein  described  were  origi- 
nally shipped  from 

(Country  or  countries  of  slaughter.) 
and  were  accompanied  by  certificate  (or  certificates),  signed  by  an  official  (or officials) 

of  the  national  government  (or  governments)  of 

(Names  of  country  or  countries  of  origin.) 
showing  that  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  herein  described  were  derived  from 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  which  received  ante-mortem  and  post-mortem  veterinary 
inspection  at  the  time  of  slaughter,  and  that  such  meat  and  meat  food  products  were 
sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  otherwise  fit  for  human  food,  and  had  not  been  treated 
with,  and  did  not  contain,  any  preservative,  coloring  matter,  or  other  substance  not 
permitted  by  the  regulations  of  the  United  States  Secretary  of  Agriculture  governing 
meat  inspection  filed  with  said  official  (or  officials),  and  that  said  meat  and  meat  food 
products  had  been  handled  only  in  a  sanitary  manner  in  the  country  (or  countries) 
in  which  the  animals  from  which  they  were  derived  were  slaughtered. 

I  also  hereby  certify  that  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  herein  described  have  not 
been  treated  in  this  country  (in  which  this  certificate  is  issued)  with  any  preservative, 
coloring  matter,  or  other  substance  not  permitted  by  the  regulations  of  the  United 
States  Secretary  of  Agriculture  governing  meat  inspection,  filed  with  me,  and  that 
the  said  meat  and  meat  food  products  have  been  inspected  in  this  country  (in  which 
this  certificate  is  issued)  and  not  found  to  be  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or 
otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  and  that  said  meat  and  meat  food  products  have  been 
handled  only  in  a  sanitary  manner  in  this  country. 

Kind  of  product.  Number  of  pieces  or  packages.  "Weight. 


Identification  marks  on  meats  and  packages 

Consignor Address 

Consignee Destination 

Shipping  marks 

(Signature)     

(Name  of  official  of  national  foreign  government 
authorized   to  issue    inspection    certifier 
meat  and  meat  food  products  exported  to  the 
I'nii.  .  3 

(Official  title) 

Note. — A  certificate  in  the  above  form  is  required  to  accompany  each  consignnMlftl 
the  transportation  of  which  to  the  United  States  from  the  country  of  the  slaughter  of 
the  animals  from  which  the  meal  and  meat  food  products  were  derived  has  been  inter- 
rupted by  unloading  in  another  country  for  some  purpose  other  than  transfer  from  cue 
carrier  to  another  in  the  course  of  continuous  transportation,  and  to  be  delivered  by 
the  consignee,  or  his  agent,  to  the  inspector  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  the 
point  of  inspection  in  the  United  States. 


74  REG.    27.    IMPORTED    MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS. 

The  following  information  is  required  to  be  supplied  on  the  certifi- 
cate by  each  carrier  loading  the  consignment: 

Loaded  (in  the  country  in  which  this  certificate  is  issued) 

(Date.) 

at on _ 

(Place.)  (Name  of  vessel  or  car  numbers  and  initials.) 

;  and,  if  unloaded  at  any  place 

(Signature  of  officer  or  agent  of  carrier  making  indorsement.) 

prior  to  arrival  in  the  United  States,  unloaded . .  .■ 

(Date.) 

at by  the , 

(Place.)  (Name  of  carrier.) 

;  and  reloaded 

(Signature  of  officer  or  agent  of  carrier  making  indorsement.) 
at 

(Date.)                                                                                    (Place.) 
on by  the 

(Name  of  vessel  or  car  numbers  and  initials.)  (Name  of  carrier.) 


(Signature  of  officer  or  agent  of  carrier  making  indorsement.) 


Paragraph  4-  Each  foreign  meat  inspection  certificate  shall  be 
signed  by  an  official  authorized  by  the  national  government  of  the 
foreign  country  in  which  the  meat  or  product  is  inspected  to  sign  and 
issue  the  same.  The  name  of  each  official  authorized  to  sign  and 
issue  foreign  meat  inspection  certificates,  when  submitted  to  the 
department,  will  be  published,  and  the  chief  of  bureau  shall  file  with 
each  such  official  a  copy  of  these  regulations  and  copies  of  amend- 
ments which  may  hereafter  be  made  thereto.  No  inspector  shall 
accept  a  certificate  unless  it  is  signed  by  an  official  whose  name  has 
been  published  by  the  department  and  whose  authority  to  sign  cer- 
tificates has  not  been  revoked. 

Paragraph  5.  Each  foreign  meat  inspection  certificate  shall  be  in 
the  English  language,  and  shall  contain  a  statement  of  the  number 
of  pieces  or  packages,  and  the  total  weight  of  each  kind  of  meat  or 
product  comprising  the  consignment,  together  with  a  description  of 
the  identification  marks  on  the  meat  and  products  or  on  the  packages 
containing  the  same,  a  description  of  the  shipping  marks,  the  name  and 
address  of  the  consignor,  the  name  of  the  consignee,  and  the  final  des- 
tination of  the  consignment  in  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  6.  Each  carrier  that  receives  and  loads  into  boats,  cars, 
or  other  vehicles  in  any  foreign  country  any  consignment  of  meat 
and  products  for  transportation  to  the  United  States  shall  indorse  on 
the  foreign  meat  inspection  certificate  accompanying  it  the  date  and 
place  of  loading,  the  name  of  the  vessel,  or  the  numbers  and  initials 
of  the  cars,  in  which  loaded,  and,  if  the  consignment  is  unloaded 
at  any  place  prior  to  arrival  in  the  United  States,  the  date  and  place 
of  unloading.  Every  such  indorsement  shall  be  signed  by  the  person 
making  it,  and  he  shall  state  on  the  certificate  his  official  title  and 
the  name  of  the  carrier  for  which  he  signs. 


REG.    27.    IMPORTED    MEATS   AND    PRODUCTS.  75 

Paragraph?.  The  foreign  meat  inspection  certificate  required  bj 
this  section  to  accompany  each  consignment  containing  any  meat  or 
product  shall  be  delivered  by  the  consignee,  or  his  agent,  in  the  United 
States  to  the  department  inspector  at  the  place  of  inspection,  and  in- 
spection of  the  meat  or  product  will  not  be  commenced  prior  to  such 
delivery. 

Section  6.  Each  importer  shall  make  application  for  inspection 

to  the  inspector  in  charge,  if  one  be  stationed  at  the  port  where  any 
meat  or  product  is  to  be  offered  for  importation,  or,  if  not,  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Washington,  D.  C,  as  long  as  possible  in  advance  of  the  anticipated 
arrival  of  each  consignment,  except  in  the  case  of  consignments  of  meat 
and  products  expressly  exempted  from  inspection  by  section  11  of 
this  regulation.  Each  application  shall  state  the  approximate  date 
on  which  the  consignment  is  due  to  arrive  in  the  United  States,  the 
name  of  the  boat  or  other  carrier  transporting  it,  the  name  of  the 
country  of  the  slaughter  of  the  animals  from  which  the  meat  and 
products  were  derived,  the  place  of  transshipment,  if  any,  the  place 
of  destination,  the  quantity  and  kind  of  the  product,  and  whether 
fresh,  cured,  or  canned.  In  case  of  consignments  arriving  in  the 
United  States  by  water,  the  application  should  also  state  the  port 
of  first  arrival  in  the  United  States. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1.  Except  as  provided  in  section  11  of  this 
regulation,  all  meat  and  products  offered  for  importation  from  any 
foreign  country  shall  be  inspected  by  a  department  inspector  before 
the  same  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  2.  All  meat  and  products  required  by  this  regulation  to 
be  inspected,  which  arrive  in  the  United  States  by  water  at  any  port 
where  a  department  inspector  is  stationed,  shall  be  inspected  on  the 
wharf  at  the  time  of  unloading,  except  that  if,  upon  the  application  of 
the  consignee  or  his  agent,  the  inspector  in  charge  at  such  port  shall 
so  direct,  the  articles  may  be  inspected  at  any  other  place  within  the 
limits  of  the  port  or  elsewhere  in  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  3.  All  meat  and  products  required  by  this  regulation 
to  be  inspected,  which  arrive  in  the  United  State-  by  water  at  a  port 
where  no  department  inspector  is  stationed  and  which  are  consigned  t<> 
any  place  where  a  department  inspector  is  stationed,  shall  be  inspected 
at  destination. 

Paragraph  4-  All  meat  and  products  required  by  this  regulation 
to  be  inspected,  which  arrive  in  the  United  States  by  water  at  a  port 
where  no  department  inspector  is  stationed  and  which  arc  consigned 
to  any  place  where  no  department  inspector  Lb  stationed,  shall  be 
inspected  at  such  place  as  the  chief  of  bureau,  on  application  of  the 
consignee  or  his  agent,  or  upon  the  request  of  the  customs  officer  at 
the  port  of  arrival,  shall  direct. 


76  REG.    27.    IMPORTED    MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS. 

Paragraph  5.  All  meat  and  products  required  by  this  regulation  to 
be  inspected,  which  arrive  in  the  United  States  otherwise  than  by- 
water  and  which  are  consigned  to  any  place  where  a  department 
inspector  is  stationed,  shall  be  inspected  at  destination. 

Paragraph  6.  All  meat  and  products  required  by  this  regulation 
to  be  inspected,  which  arrive  in  the  United  States  otherwise  than  by 
water  and  which  are  consigned  to  any  place  where  no  department 
inspector  is  stationed,  shall  be  inspected  at  such  place  as  the  chief  of 
bureau,  on  application  of  the  consignee  or  his  agent,  or  upon  the 
request  of  the  customs  officer  at  the  port  of  arrival,  shall  direct. 

Paragraph  7 .  No  meat  or  product  required  by  this  regulation  to 
be  inspected  shall  be  moved,  prior  to  inspection,  from  the  port  of  first 
arrival  in  the  United  States,  or,  if  arriving  by  water,  from  the  wharf 
where  unloaded,  unless  the  same  is  conveyed  in  cars,  wagons,  or  other 
vehicles,  sealed,  or  in  packages  corded  and  sealed,  in  compliance  with 
paragraph  8  of  this  section. 

Paragraph  8.  Cars,  wagons,  vehicles,  or  packages  in  which  any 
meat  or  product  is  conveyed  in  accordance  with  this  section,  prior  to 
inspection,  from  the  port  of  first  arrival  in  the  United  States,  or,  if 
arriving  by  water,  from  the  wharf  where  unloaded,  unless  already 
sealed  with  customs  or  consular  seals  in  accordance  with  the  customs 
regulations,  shall  be  sealed  with  special  import  meat  seals  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture.  Packages  shall  be  securely  corded 
before  being  offered  for  sealing.  Such  special  seals  shal]  be  affixed 
by  department  inspectors,  or,  if  there  be  no  department  inspector  at 
such  port  or  wharf,  then  by  customs  officers. 

Paragraph  9.  Except  customs  officers  and  department  inspectors, 
no  person  shall  affix,  break,  alter,  deface,  mutilate,  remove,  or  destroy 
any  special  import  meat  seal  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Paragraph  10.  No  meat  or  product  shall  be  removed  from  any  car, 
wagon,  vehicle,  or  package  sealed  with  a  special  import  meat  seal  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture  except  under  the  supervision  of  a 
department  inspector  or  a  customs  officer. 

Paragraph  11.  No  meat  or  product  required  by  this  regulation  to 
be  inspected  shall  be  moved,  prior  to  inspection,  from  any  port,  or,  if 
arriving  by  water,  from  the  wharf  where  first  unloaded,  to  any  place 
other  than  the  place  designated  by,  or  in  accordance  with,  this  section 
as  the  place  where  the  same  shall  be  inspected. 

Paragraph  12.  No  meat  or  product  required  by  this  regulation  to 
be  inspected  shall  be  conveyed,  prior  to  inspection,  from  any  port,  or, 
if  arriving  by  water,  from  the  wharf  where  first  unloaded,  in  any 
manner  other  than  in  compliance  with  this  section. 

Paragraph  IS.  No  meat  or  product  required  by  this  regulation  to  be 
inspected  shall  be  delivered  to  the  consignee  or  his  agent  prior  to 
inspection,  unless  the  consignee  shall  furnish  a  bond,  in  form  pre- 


REG.   27.   IMPORTED   MEATS  AND  PRODUCTS.  77 

scribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  conditioned  that  the  meat 
or  product  shall  be  returned,  if  demanded,  to  the  collector  of  the  port 

where  the  same  is  ofl'ered  for  clearance  through  the  customs. 

Paragraph  14-  The  consignee  or  his  agent  shall  furnish  such  facilities 
and  shall  provide  such  assistants  for  handling  and  marking  meal 
and  products  offered  for  importation  as  department  inspectors  may 
require. 

Section  8.  Compartments  of  steamships,  sailing  vessels,  railroad 
cars,  and  other  conveyances  transporting  any  meat  or  product  to  the 
United  States,  and  all  trucks,  chutes,  platforms,  racks,  tables,  tools, 
utensils,  and  all  other  devices  used  in  moving  and  handling  any  meat 
or  product  offered  for  importation  into  the  United  States,  shall  be 
maintained  in  a  sanitary  condition. 

Section  9.  Paragraph  1.  Department  inspectors  shall  take,  with- 
out cost  to  the  United  States,  from  each  consignment  offered  for 
importation,  samples  of  any  meat  or  product  which  is  subject  to 
chemical  analysis,  except  that  samples  of  any  meat  or  product 
offered  for  importation  without  inspection  under  section  11  of  this 
regulation  shall  not  be  taken  unless  there  is  reason  for  suspecting  the 
presence  therein  of  a  substance  in  violation  of  that  section. 

Paragraph  2.  If  the  inspection  of  samples  indicates  that  any  meat 
or  product  offered  for  importation  into  the  United  States  is  unsound, 
unheal thful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  a 
thorough  inspection  of  the  whole  consignment  from  which  the 
samples  were  taken  shall  be  made. 

Paragraph  3.  Carcasses  and  parts  of  carcasses  offered  for  importa- 
tion from  which  such  tissues  as  the  peritoneum,  pleura,  body  lymph 
glands,  or  the  portal  glands  of  the  liver  have  been  removed,  shall  be 
condemned. 

Paragraph  4-  Any  meat  or  product  offered  for  importation  which 
is  found  upon  inspection  to  be  unsound,  unhcalthful,  unwholesome, 
or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  or  to  contain  any  dye,  cnemical, 
preservative  or  ingredient  not  permitted  by  regulation  18,  or  which 
is  of  a  kind  required  by  paragraph  1  of  section  3  of  this  regulation 
to  be  refused  admission,  shall  be  condemned  and  marked  "U.  S. 
inspected  and  condemned,"  except  that,  upon  application  to  the 
inspector,  any  meat  or  product  which  is  found  to  contain  preserva- 
tives not  permitted  by  these  regulations,  but  in  the  preparation  or 
packing  of  which  no  substance  has  been  used  in  conflict  with  the  laws 
of  the  foreign  country  from  which  exported,  and  which  is  not  found  to 
be  otherwise  unsound,  unhcalthful,  unwholesome,  or  unfit  for  human 
food,  may  be  marked  "U.  S.  refused  entry.*' 

Paragraph  5.  Any  meat  or  product,  or  the  container  thereof, 
offered  for  importation  from  any  foreign  country  and  accompanied 
by  a  foreign  certificate  of  inspection  as  required  by  this  regulation, 


78  REG.    27.    IMPORTED    MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS. 

which,  upon  inspection  by  department  inspectors,  is  not  found  to  be 
unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food,  or  to  contain  any  dye,  chemical,  preservative,  or  ingredient 
not  permitted  by  regulation  18,  or  to  violate  this  regulation  in  any 
respect,  shall  be  marked  "U.  S.  inspected  and  passed  by  Department 
of  Agriculture"  and  with  the  official  name  or  abbreviation  of  the 
station  to  which  the  inspector  is  assigned.  All  meat  and  products 
so  marked,  in  compliance  with  this  regulation,  shall,  so  far  as  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  has  jurisdiction  over  the  same,  be  admitted 
into  the  United  States. 

Paragraph  6.  Department  inspectors  shall  report  their  findings  as 
to  any  meat  or  product  which  has  been  inspected,  in  accordance  with 
this  regulation,  to  the  collector  at  the  port  where  the  same  is  offered 
for  clearance  through  the  customs,  and  shall  request  the  collector  to 
refuse  admission  to  all  meat  and  products  which  are  marked  either 
"U.  S.  inspected  and  condemned"  or  "U.  S.  refused  entry,"  and  to 
direct  that  the  same  be  exported  by  the  consignee  within  a  specified 
time,  unless  the  consignee,  within  such  specified  time,  shall  cause  the 
destruction  thereof  for  food  purposes  under  the  supervision  of  a 
department  inspector.  Such  specified  time  shall  be  thirty  days  after 
such  notice  to  customs  officers,  unless  a  different  time  be  fixed  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  upon  application  to  him.  If  any  such  meat 
or  product  be  destroyed  for  food  purposes  under  the  supervision  of  a 
department  inspector,  he  shall  give  prompt  notice  thereof  to  the 
collector. 

Paragraph  7.  Upon  the  request  of  the  collector,  consignees  shall, 
at  their  own  expense,  immediately  return  to  him  any  meat  or  product 
which  is  marked  either  "U.  S.  inspected  and  condemned"  or  "U.  S. 
refused  entry,"  or  which,  in  any  respect,  does  not  comply  with  this 
regulation.  All  such  meat  and  products  shall  be  conveyed  in  cars, 
wagons,  or  other  vehicles,  or  in  corded  packages,  sealed  with  the 
special  import  meat  seal  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Paragraph  8.  No  person  shall  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  from 
any  place  designated  by,  or  in  accordance  with,  these  regulations  as  a 
place  of  inspection,  any  meat  or  product  which  these  regulations 
require  to  be  marked  in  any  way,  unless  the  same  has  been  clearly 
and  legibly  marked  in  compliance  with  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  9.  The  marks  required  by  paragraphs  4  and  5  of  this 
section  shall  be  applied  by  branding  to  carcasses  and  parts  of  carcasses 
offered  for  importation  which  are  unwrapped  or  not  inclosed  in  a 
container.  Not  less  than  one  brand  shall  be  applied  to  each  quarter 
of  a  beef  carcass. 

Section  10.  Paragraph  1.  Cans,  tins,  pots,  glass,  and  wrappers  of 
paper,  wood,  or  similar  material  containing  any  meat  or  product 
offered  for  importation  shall  be  marked  as  required  by  this  section. 


BEG.    27.    IMPORTED    MEATS    AND    PRODUCTS.  79 

Paragraph  2.  To  all  true  containers  there  shall  be  securely  affixed 

labels  bearing  the  true  name  of  the  product,  the  name  of  the  manu- 
facturer, and  the  place  where  prepared.  There  shall  be  on  each  true 
container  a  space  for  the  application  of  the  inspection  legend  and 
other  marks  required  by  paragraph  3  of  this  section.  When  true 
containers  are  placed  within  other  containers,  the  outside  container 
shall  be  marked  with  the  true  name  of  the  meat  or  product. 

Paragraph  3.  (a)  All  outside  containers  of  meat  and  products 
which  have  been  inspected  and  passed  in  compliance  with  this  regu- 
lation shall  be  marked  by  the  inspector,  or  under  his  supervision, 
"U.  S.  inspected  and  passed  by  Department  of  Agriculture"  and  with 
the  official  name  or  abbreviation  of  the  station  to  which  the  inspector 
is  assigned. 

(b)  All  true  containers  of  meat  and  products  which  have  been 
inspected  and  passed  in  compliance  with  this  regulation,  and  which 
are  to  be  removed  from  the  outside  containers  and  thereafter  to  be 
transported  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  or  to  an  official  estab- 
lishment, shall  be  marked  by  the  inspector,  or  under  his  supervision, 
by  means  of  labels  or  stickers  securely  affixed  thereto,  "U.  S.  inspected 
and  passed  by  Department  of  Agriculture"  and  with  the  official 
name  or  abbreviation  of  the  station  to  which  the  inspector  is  assigned. 

(c)  To  each  true  container  of  imported  meat  and  products  received 
at  an  official  establishment  and  there  removed  from  an  outside  con- 
tainer there  shall  be  securely  affixed,  before  the  same  shall  be  allowed 
to  leave  the  establishment,  a  label  or  sticker  bearing  the  inspection 
legend  "U.  S.  inspected  and  passed  by  Department  of  Agriculture" 
and  the  establishment  number. 

Section  11.  Paragraph  1.  Any  meat  or  product  offered  for  impor- 
tation in  small  quantity  exclusively  for  the  personal  use  of  the  con- 
signee, and  not  for  sale  or  distribution,  which  is  sound,  healthful, 
wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food,  and  contains  no  dye,  chemical, 
preservative,  or  ingredient  not  permitted  by  regulation  18,  and  which 
is  not  adulterated  or  misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  food  and 
drugs  act  as  amended,  may  be  admitted  into  the  United  States  with- 
out foreign  meat  inspection  certificates  and  without  inspection  and 
marking;  but  department  inspectors  may  inspect  any  meat  or  product 
offered  for  importation  under  this  paragraph  if  there  i-  reason  fox 
suspecting  that  it  is  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  other*  ise 
unfit  for  food,  or  contains  any  dye,  chemical,  preservative,  or  ingre- 
dient not  permitted  by  regulation  IS,  or  is  adulterated  or  mis- 
branded  within  the  meaning  of  the  food  and  drugs  act  as  amend 

Paragraph  2.  No  meat  or  product  offered  foe  importation  under 
paragraph  1  of  this  section  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States 
if  it  is  unsound,  unhealthful.  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food,   or  if  it  contains   any   dye.   chemical,   preservativi 


80  REG.    27.    IMPORTED    MEATS   AND   PRODUCTS. 

ingredient  not  permitted  by  regulation  18,  or  if  it  is  adulterated  or 
misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  food  and  drugs  act  as  amended. 
Paragraph  3.  No  carrier  or  other  person  shall  transport  or  receive 
for  transportation  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  to  or  through  any  other  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States,  any  meat  or  product  exempted  from  inspection  and  admitted 
into  the  United  States  in  compliance  with  this  section  unless  the 
shipper  shall  make  and  deliver  to  the  carrier  a  certificate  in  duplicate 
in  the  following  form:1 

Date 191  . 

Name  of  carrier 

Shipper 

Point  of  shipment 

Consignee 

Destination 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  following  described  uninspected  meat  or  meat  food 
products,  offered  for  transportation  in  interstate  commerce,  were  imported  into  the 
United  States  exclusively  for  the  personal  use  of  the  consignee,  and  not  for  sale  or 
distribution,  and  are  exempted  from  inspection  by  the  regulations  of  the  United 
States  Secretary  of  Agriculture  governing  meat  inspection. 

Kind  of  product.  Amount  and  weight. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 
(Address  of  shipper.) 

The  signature  of  the  shipper  or  of  his  agent  shall  be  written  in 
full.  This  certificate  shall  be  separate  and  apart  from  any  waybill, 
bill  of  lading,  or  other  form  ordinarily  used  in  the  shipment  of  meat. 
The  duplicate  certificate  shall  be  forwarded  immediately  by  the 
initial  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  All  waybills,  transfer  bills,  running  slips,  or  con- 
ductor's cards  accompanying  an  interstate  shipment  of  any  meat  or 
product  transported  in  compliance  with  this  section  shall  have 
embodied  therein,  stamped  thereon,  or  attached  thereto  a  signed 
statement  which  shall  be  evidence  to  connecting  carriers  that  the 
shipper's  certificate  required  by  this  section  is  on  file  with  the  initial 
carrier;  and  no  connecting  carrier  shall  receive  for  transportation 
or  transport  any  interstate  shipment  of  any  meat  or  product  under 
this  section  unless  the  waybill,  transfer  bill,  running  slip,  or  con- 

1  For  convenience  in  filing  it  is  requested  that  these  certificates  be  made  on  paper  5J  by  8  inches  in  size. 


REG.   27.   IMPORTED  MEATS  AND  PRODUCTS.  81 

ductor's  card  accompanying  the  same  includes  the  aforesaid  Bigned 
statement,  in  the  following  form  : 

(Name  of  transportation  company.) 
Imported  for  the  personal  use  of  consignee  and  exempt  iv<>:w  inspects 
denced  by  shipper's  certificate  on  file  with  initial  carriei 

(Signed) Agent. 

The  signature  of  the  agent  shall  be  written  in  full. 

Section  12.  Paragraph  1.  All  imported  meat  and  products,  after 
admission  into  the  United  States  in  compliance  with  this  regula- 
tion, shall  be  deemed  and  treated,  and,  except  as  provided  in  para- 
graph 3  of  section  11  of  this  regulation,  shall  be  handled  and  trans- 
ported, as  domestic  meat  and  products,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all 
these  regulations  and  to  the  provisions,  prohibitions,  and  penalties 
of  the  meat  inspection  act. 

Paragraph  2.  Imported  meat  and  products  inspected,  passed, 
and  marked  in  accordance  with  this  regulation  may,  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  paragraph  1  of  section  3  of  regulation  18,  be  taken  into 
official  establishments  and  be  mixed  with  or  added  to  meat  and 
products  in  such  establishments  which  have  been  inspected  and 
passed  therein. 

Paragraphs.  Imported  meat  and  products  which  have  been 
inspected,  passed,  and  marked  under  this  regulation  may  be  trans- 
ported from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to 
or  through  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or 
to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  to  a 
foreign  country,  only  upon  compliance  with  regulation  25. 
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LAWS   UNDER   WHICH   THE    FOREGOING   REGULATIONS 

ARE   MADE. 


THE  MEAT  INSPECTION  ACT. 

Extract  from  an  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  seven,"  approved  June  30,  1906 
(34  Stat.  674),  and  from  an  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,"  approved  March  4, 
1907  (34  Stat.  1260). 

[1]  That  [hereafter,]1  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  use  in  interstate  or  foreign 
commerce,  as  hereinafter  provided,  of  meat  and  meat  food  products  which  are  unsound, 
unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture, at  his  discretion,  may  cause  to  be  made,  by  inspectors  appointed  for  that 
purpose,  an  examination  and  inspection  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  before 
they  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  into  any  slaughtering,  packing,  meat-canning,  render- 
ing, or  similar  establishment,  in  which  they  are  to  be  slaughtered  and  the  meat  and  meat 
food  products  thereof  are  to  be  used  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce;  and  all  cattle, 
swine,  sheep,  and  goats  found  on  such  inspection  to  show  symptoms  of  disease  shall 
be  set  apart  and  slaughtered  separately  from  all  other  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats, 
and  when  so  slaughtered  the  carcasses  of  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  shall  be 
subject  to  a  careful  examination  and  inspection,  all  as  provided  by  the  rules  and 
regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  as  herein  provided  for. 

[2]  That  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  set  forth  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall 
cause  to  be  made  by  inspectors  appointed  for  that  purpose,  as  hereinafter  provided, 
a  post-mortem  examination  and  inspection  of  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all 
cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  to  be  prepared  for  human  consumption  at  any  slaughter- 
ing, meat-canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment  in  any  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  transportation  or  sale  as  articles  of  interstate 
or  foreign  commerce ;  and  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all  such  animals  found  to 
be  sound,  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food  shall  be  marked,  stamped, 
tagged,  or  labeled  as  " Inspected  and  Passed;"  and  said  inspectors  shall  label,  mark, 
stamp,  or  tag  as  "Inspected  and  Condemned,"  all  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of 
animals  found  to  be  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food;  and  all  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  thus  inspected  and  condemned  shall  be 
destroyed  for  food  purposes  by  the  said  establishment  in  the  presence  of  an  inspector, 
and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  remove  inspectors  from  any  such  establishment 
which  fails  to  so  destroy  any  such  condemned  carcass  or  part  thereof,  and  said  inspec- 
tors, after  said  first  inspection  shall,  when  they  deem  it  necessary,  reinspect  said 
carcasses  or  parte  thereof  to  determine  whether  since  the  first  inspection  the  same 
have  become  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  in  any^  way  unfit  for  human 
food,  and  if  any  carcass  or  any  part  thereof  shall,  upon  examination  and  inspection 
subsequent  to  the  first  examination  and  inspection,  be  found  to  be  unsound,  unhealth- 
ful, unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  it  shall  be  destroyed  for  food 
purposes  by  the  said  establishment  in  the  presence  of  an  inspector,  and  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  may  remove  inspectors  from  any  establishment  which  fails  to  so  destroy 
any  such  condemned  carcass  or  part  thereof. 

[3]  The  foregoing  provisions  shall  apply  to  all  carcasses  or  parts  of  carcasses  of  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  or  the  meat  or  meat  products  thereof  which  may  be  brought 
into  any  slaughtering,  meat-canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  estab- 
lishment, and  such  examination  and  inspection  shall  be  had  before  the  said  carcasses 
or  parts  thereof  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  into  any  department  wherein  the  same  are 
to  be  treated  and  prepared  for  meat  food  products;  and  the  foregoing  provisions 
shall  also  apply  to  all  such  products  which,  after  having  been  issued  from  any  slaugh- 
tering, meat-canning,  salting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment,  shall 
be  returned  to  the  same  or  to  any  similar  establishment  where  such  inspection  is 
maintained. 

i  The  word  "hereafter"  is  used  in  the  act  of  1907  but  not  in  that  of  1906.  Otherwise  the  extract  here 
given  is  identical  in  both  laws. 

82 


MEAT   INSPECTION    ACT.  83 

[4]  That  for  the  purposes  hereinbefore  set  forth  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall 

cause  to  be  made  by  inspectors  appointed  for  thai  purpose  an  examination  and  i 
tion  of  all  meat  food  products  prepared  for  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  in  any 
slaughtering,  meat-canning,  Baiting,  packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment,  an  J 
for  the  purposes  of  any  examination  and  inspection  said  inspectors  shall  have  ac< 
all  times,  by  day  or  night,  whether  the  establishment  he  operated  or  not,  to  i 
part  of  said  establishment;  and  said  inspectors  shall  mark,  stamp,  tag,  or  label  as 
"Inspected  and  Passed"  all  such  products  found  to  be  sound,  healthful,  and  whole- 
some, and  which  contain  no  dyes,  chemicals,  preservatives,  or  ingredients  which 
render  such  meat  or  meat  food  products  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  unfit 
for  human  food;  and  said  inspectors  shall  label,  mark,  stamp,  or  tag  as  "  Inspected  and 
Condemned"  all  such  products  found  unsound,  unhealthful.  and  unwholesome,  or 
which  contain  dyes,  chemicals,  preservatives,  or  ingredients  which  render  such 
or  meat  food  products  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,,  or  unlit  for  human  food, 
and  all  such  condemned  meat  food  products  shall  be  destroyed  for  food  purposes,  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  remove  inspectors  from 
any  establishment  which  fails  to  so  destroy  such  condemned  meat  food  products: 
Provided,  That,  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
the  provisions  hereof  in  regard  to  preservatives  shall  not  apply  to  meat  food  products 
for  export  to  any  foreign  country  and  which  are  prepared  or  packed  according  to  the 
specifications  or  directions  of  the  foreign  purchaser,  when  no  substance  is  used  in  the 
preparation  or  packing  thereof  in  conflict  with  the  laws  of  the  foreign  country  to 
which  said  article  is  to  be  exported;  but  if  said  article  shall  be  in  fact  sold  or  offered 
for  Bale  for  domestic  use  or  consumption,  then  this  proviso  shall  not  exempt  said 
article  from  the  operation  of  all  the  other  provisions  of  this  act. 

[5]  That  when  any  meat  or  meat  food  product  prepared  for  interstate  or  foreign  com- 
merce which  has  been  inspected  as  hereinbefore  provided  and  marked  "Inspected 
and  Passed"  shall  be  placed  or  packed  in  any  can,  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other  recep- 
tacle or  covering  in  any  establishment  where  inspection  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act  is  maintained,  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  preparing  said  product  shall  cause 
a  label  to  be  attached  to  said  can.  pot,  tin,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering, 
under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector,  which  label  shall  state  that  the  contents  thereof 
have  been  "Inspected  and  Passed"  under  the  provisions  of  this  act;  and  no  inspec- 
tion and  examination  of  meal  or  meat  food  products  deposited  or  inclosed  in  cans, 
tins,  pots,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering  in  any  establishment  where  inspec- 
tion under  the  provisions  of  this  act  is  maintained  shall  be  deemed  to  be  complete 
until  such  meat  or  meat  food  products  have  been  sealed  or  inclosed  in  said  can,  tin, 
pot,  canvas,  or  other  receptacle  or  covering  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector, 
and  no  such  meat  or  meat  food  products  shall  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  by  any  person, 
firm,  or  corporation  in  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  under  any  false  or  deceptive 
name;  but  established  trade  name  or  names  which  are  usual  to  such  products  and 
which  are  not  false  and  deceptive  and  which  shall  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  are  permitted. 

[G]  The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  to  be  made,  by  experts  in  sanitation  or 
by  other  competent  inspectors,  such  inspection  of  all  slaughtering,  meat -canning,  salt- 
ing, packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishments  in  which  cattle,  sheep,  swim 
goats  are  slaughtered  and  the  meat  and  meat  food  products  thereof  are  prepared  for 
interstate  or  foreign  commerce  as  may  be  necessary  to  inform  himself  concerning  the 
sanitary  conditions  of  the  same,  and  to  prescribe  the  rules  and  regulations  of  sanita- 
tion under  which  such  establishments  shall  he  maintained;  and  where  the  sanitary 
conditions  of  any  such  establishment  are  such  that  the  meat  or  meat  food  products 
are  rendered  unclean,  unsound,  unhealthful,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food,  he  shall  refuse  to  allow  said  meat  or  meat  food  products  to  be* labeled, 
marked,  stamped)  or  tagged  as  "Inspected  and  Passed." 

[7]  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  an  examination  and  inspection  oi 
all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  and  the  food  products  thereof,  slaughtered  and  pre- 
pared in  the  establishments  hereinbefore  described  for  the  purposes  of  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  to  be  made  during  the  nighttime  as  well  as  during  the  daytime 
when  the  slaughtering  of  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  or  the  preparation  oi 
said  food  products  is  conducted  during  the  nighttime. 

[8]  That  on  and  after  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  six.  no  person,  firm,  or 
corporation  shall  transport  or  offer  for  transportation,  and  no  carrier 
foreign  commerce  shall  transport  or  receive  COT  transportation  fr<»m  <••  -  Ter- 

ritory or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any  oc       E         or  Territory  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  to  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  Btat  y  for- 

eign country,  any  carcasses  or  parts  thereof,  meat,  or  meat  food  products  thereof 
which  have  not  been  inspected,  examined,  and  marked  as  "'Inspected  and  Pai 


84  MEAT  INSPECTION   ACT. 

in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  act  and  with  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed 
by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture:  Provided,  That  all  meat  and  meat  food  products 
on  hand  on  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  at  establishments  where  inspec- 
tion has  not  been  maintained,  or  which  have  been  inspected  under  existing  law, 
shall  be  examined  and  labeled  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  shall  prescribe,  and  then  shall  be  allowed  to  be  sold  in  interstate  or  foreign 
commerce. 

[9]  That  no' person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  officer,  agent,  or  employee  thereof,  shalj 
forge,  counterfeit,  simulate,  or  falsely  represent,  or  shall  without  proper  authority 
use,  fail  to  use,  or  detach,  or  shall  knowingly  or  wrongfully  alter,  deface,  or  destroy, 
or  fail  to  deface  or  destroy,  any  of  the  marks,  stamps,  tags,  labels,  or  other  identifi- 
cation devices  provided  for  in  this  act,  or  in  and  as  directed  by  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations prescribed  hereunder  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  on  any  carcasses,  parts 
of  carcasses,  or  the  food  product,  or  containers  thereof,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  or  any  certificate  in  relation  thereto,  authorized  or  required  by  this  act  or 
by  the  said  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

[10]  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  cause  to  be  made  a  careful  inspection 
of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  intended  and  offered  for  export  to  foreign  coun- 
tries at  such  times  and  places,  and  in  such  manner  as  he  may  deem  proper,  to  ascertain 
whether  such  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  are  free  from  disease. 

[11]  And  for  this  purpose  he  may  appoint  inspectors  who  shall  be  authorized  to  give 
an  official  certificate  clearly  stating  the  condition  in  which  such  cattle,  sheep,  swine, 
and  goats  are  found. 

[12]  And  no  clearance  shall  be  given  to  any  vessel  having  on  board  cattle,  sheep, 
swine,  or  goats  for  export  to  a  foreign  country  until  the  owner  or  shipper  of  such  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  or  goats  has  a  certificate  from  the  inspector  herein  authorized  to  be 
appointed,  stating  that  the  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats  are  sound  and  healthy, 
or  unless  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  have  waived  the  requirement  of  such 
certificate  for  export  to  the  particular  country  to  which  such  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or 
goats  are  to  be  exported. 

[13]  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  also  cause  to  be  made  a  careful  inspec- 
tion of  the  carcasses  and  parts  thereof  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  the  meat  of 
which,  fresh,  salted,  canned,  corned,  packed,  cured,  or  otherwise  prepared,  is  intended 
and  offered  for  export  to  any  foreign  country,  at  such  times  and  places  and  in  such 
manner  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

[14]  And  for  this  purpose  he  may  appoint  inspectors  who  shall  be  authorized  to  give 
an  official  certificate  stating  the  condition  in  which  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  goats, 
and  the  meat  thereof,  are  found. 

[15]  And  no  clearance  shall  be  given  to  any  vessel  having  on  board  any  fresh,  salted, 
canned,  corned,  or  packed  beef,  mutton,  pork,  or  goat  meat,  being  the  meat  of  ani- 
mals killed  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  or  except  as  hereinbefore  provided  for  export 
to  and  sale  in  a  foreign  country  from  any  port  in  the  United  States,  until  the  owner 
or  shipper  thereof  shall  obtain  from  an  inspector  appointed  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act  a  certificate  that  the  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  were  sound  and 
healthy  at  the  time  of  inspection,  and  that  their  meat  is  sound  and  wholesome,  unless 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  have  waived  the  requirements  of  such  certificate 
for  the  country  to  which  said  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats  or  meats  are  to  be  ex- 
ported. 

[16]  That  the  inspectors  provided  for  herein  shall  be  authorized  to  give  official 
certificates  of  the  sound  and  wholesome  condition  of  the  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats, 
their  carcasses  and  products  as  herein  described,  and^  one  copy  of  every  certificate 
granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  filed  in  the  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, another  copy  shall  be  delivered  to  the  owner  or  shipper,  and  when  the  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  and  goats  or  their  carcasses  and  products  are  sent  abroad,  a  third  copy 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  chief  officer  of  the  vessel  on  which  the  shipment  shall  be 
made. 

[17]  That  no  person,  firm,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  interstate  commerce  of  meat 
or  meat  food  products  shall  transport  or  offer  for  transportation,  sell  or  offer  to  sell  any 
such  meat  or  meat  food  products  in  any  State  or  Territory  or  in  the  District  of  Columbia 
or  any  place  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  other  than  in  the  State  or 
Territory  or  in  the  District  of  Columbia  or  any  place  under  the  Jurisdiction  of  the 
United  States  in  which  the  slaughtering,  packing,  canning,  rendering,  or  other  similar 
establishment  owned,  leased,  operated  by  said  firm,  person,  or  corporation  is  located 
unless  and  until  said  person,  firm,  or  corporation  shall  have  complied  with  all  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 

[18]  That  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  any  officer  or  agent  of  any  such  person, 
firm,  or  corporation,  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed 


MEAT   INSPECTION   ACT.  85 

guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  on  conviction  thereof  by  B  fine  of  not 
exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  or  imprisonment  for  a  period  nol  more  than  two  years, 
or  by  both  such  line  and  imprisonment,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 
[l!)]  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  appoinl  from  time  to  time  u 

make  examination  and  inspection  of  all  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats,  the  inspection 
of  which  is  hereby  provided  for,  and  of  all  carcasses  and  parte  thereof,  and  of  all  meats 
and  meat  food  products  thereof,  and  of  the  sanitary  conditions  oi  all  establishments 
in  which  such  meat  and  meat  food  products  hereinbefore  described  are  prepared; 
and  said  inspectors  shall  refuse  to  stamp,  mark,  tag,  or  label  any  carcass  or  any  part 
thereof,  or  meat  food  product  therefrom,  prepared  in  any  establishment  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  until  the  same  shall  have  actually  been  inspected  and  found  to  be  sound, 
healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food,  and  to  contain  no  dyes,  chemicals, 
pre  erval  ive  .  or  Ingredients  which  render  such  meat  food  product  unsound,  un health- 
ful, unwholesome,  or  unfit  for  human  food;  and  to  have  been  prepared  under  proper 
sanitary  conditions,  hereinbefore  provided  for;  and  shall  perform  such  oilier  duties 
provided  by  this  acl  and  by  the  rules  and  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  said 
Secretary  of  Agriculture;  and  said  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall,  from  time  to  time, 
make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  are  necessary  for  the  efficient  execution  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  all  inspections  and  examinations  made  under  this  act  shall 
be  such  and  made  in  such  manner  as  described  in  the  rules  and  regulat  i  >ns  prescribed 
by  said  Secretary  of  Agriculture  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

[20]  That  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  any  agent  oremployee  of  any  person, 
firm,  or  corporation,  who  shall  give,  pay,  or  offer,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  any  inspec- 
tor, deputy  inspector,  chief  inspector,*or  any  other  officer  or  employee  of  the  United 
authorized  to  perform  any  of  the  duties  prescribed  by  this  act  or  by  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  any  money  or  other  thing  of  value, 
with  intent  to  influence  said  inspector,  deputy  inspector,  chief  inspector,  or  other 
officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States  in  the  discharge  of  any  duty  herein  provided 
for,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished 
by  a  line  not  less  than  five  thousand  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  and 
by  imprisonment  not  less  than  one  year  nor  more  than  three  years;  and  any  inspector, 
deputy  inspector,  chief  inspector,  or  other  officer  or  employee  of  the  United  States 
authorized  to  perform  any  of  the  duties  prescribed  by  this  act  who  shall  accept  any 
money,  gift,  or  other  thing  of  value  from  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation,  or  officers, 
agents,  or  employees  thereof,  given  with  intent  to  influence  his  official  action,  or  who 
shall  receive  or  accept  from  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  engaged  in  interstate  or 
foreign  commerce  any  gift,  money,  or  other  thing  of  value  given  with  any  pur: 
intent  whatsoever,  snail  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony  and  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  summarily  discharged  from  office  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  less 
than  one  thousand  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  and  by  imprisonment 
not  less  than  one  year  nor  more  than  three  years. 

[21]  That  the  provisions  of  this  act  requiring  inspection  to  be  made  by  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  shall  not  apply  to  animals  slaughtered  by  any  farmer  on  the  farm  and 
sold  and  transported  as  interstate  or  foreign  commerce,  nor  to  retail  butchers  and  retail 
dealers  in  meat  and  meat  food  products,  supplying  their  customers:  Provided,  That 
if  any  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  or  transportation  for  interstate  or  foreign  com- 
merce any  meat  or  meat  food  products  which  are  diseased,  unsound,  unhealthful, 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  knowing;  that  such  meat  food  prod- 
ucts are  intended  for  human  consumption,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and 
on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars 
or  by^  imprisonment  for  a  period  of  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  both  BUch  line  and 
imprisonment:  Providedatso,  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is  authorized  to  main- 
tain the  inspection  in  this  a<t  provided  foral  any  slaughterihjg,  meat-canning,  Baiting. 
packing,  rendering,  or  similar  establishment  notwithstanding  this  exception,  and 
that  the  persons  operating  the  same  may  be  retail  butchers  and  retail  deal 
farmers;  and  where  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  establish  such  inspection  then 
the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  apply  notwithstanding  this  exception. 

THE  IMPORTED  MEAT  ACT. 

Extract  from  an  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  t<>  reduce  tariff  duties  and  )■>  provide  revenue  for  the 
Government,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  114,162,11 

That  on  and  after  the  day  following  the  passage  of  this  >i  a->  otherwise 

specifically  provided  for  in  this  act .  the  an  Lcles  mentioned  in  the  following  paragraphs 
Bnall  when  imported  into  the  United  States  or  into  an v  pi  the 

Philippine  Islands  and  the  Island-  of  Guam  and  Tutuila)  be  exempt  from  duty: 


86  IMPORTED   MEAT   ACT. 

545.  Meats:  Fresh  beef,  veal,  mutton,  lamb,  and  pork;  bacon  and  bams;  meats  of 
all  kinds,  prepared  or  preserved,  not  specially  provided  for  in  this  section:  Provided, 
however,  That  none  of  the  foregoing  meats  shall  be  admitted  into  the  United  States 
unless  the  same  is  healthful,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  human  food  and  contains  no  dye, 
chemical,  preservative,  or  ingredient  which  renders  the  same  unhealthful,  unwhole- 
some, or  unfit  for  human  food,  and  unless  the  same  also  complies  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  made  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and  that,  after  entry  into  the  United 
States  in  compliance  with  said  rules  and  regulations,  said  imported  meats  shall  be 
deemed  and  treated  as  domestic  meats  within  the  meaning  of  and  shall  be  subject  to 
the  provisions  of  the  act  of  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six  (Thirty-fourth 
Statutes  at  Large,  page  six  hundred  and  seventy -four),  commonly  called  the  meat 
inspection  amendment,  and  the  act  of  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six 
(Thirty -fourth  Statutes  at  Large,  page  seven  hundred  and  sixty-eight),  commonly 
called  the  food  and  drugs  act,  and  that  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  be  and  hereby  is 
authorized  to  make  rules  and  regulations  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph, 
and  that  in  such  rules  and  regulations  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  prescribe  the 
terms  and  conditions  for  the  destruction  for  food  purposes  of  all  such  meats  offered  for 
entry  and  refused  admission  into  the  United  States  unless  the  same  be  exported  by  the 
consignee  within  the  time  fixed  therefor  in  such  rules  and  regulations. 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Abbreviations  of  inspection  marks,  authorizat  ion  of 30 

Abrasions  on  tongues  and  lips  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Abscess  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Access  to  official  establishments  by  bureau  employees ]  2 

Act- 
food  and  drugs,  compliance  with 69 

food  and  drugs,  definition  of r, 

imported  meat,  definition  of 5 

imported  meat  ,  text  of 85 

meat  inspection,  definition  of ."> 

meat  inspection,  text  of 82-85 

Actinomycosis  found  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of  carcasses 28 

Added  substances  allowed  in  meat  food  products 50 

Advertisements,  etc.,  containing  inspection  legend,  use  of 37 

Anemia  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Ante-mortem  inspection — 

diseases  and  conditions  requiring  condemnation 20 

disposal  of  condemned  animals 22 

facilities  to  be  provided  by  establishments 14 

places  where  conducted 19 

"suspects" — marking,  control,  separate  slaughter,  etc 20,  21,  22,  27 

temperature  of  animals 20, 21 

tuberculin  reactors '2 1 

Anthrax  found  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of  carcass,  etc 25 

Appeals  from  inspectors'  decisions,- procedure 55 

Application  for  inspection  by  importers,  method 75 

Applications  for  inspection  or  exemption  by  packers,  retail  dealers,  etc 9-11 

Badge,  official,  entitles  admittance  to  establishments 12 

Benzoate  of  soda  in  products,  requirement  in  trade  labels 

Bicarbonate  of  soda,  use  in  preparation  of  fats 

Blackleg  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Bladder  worms,  gid,  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Bladders  from  carcasses  infested  with  tapeworm  cysts,  disposal 31 

Blood  used  for  food  purposes,  requirements 

Branding — 

carcasses,  parts,  and  products ::<;-  1 1 

imported  carcasses  and  parts,  method 78 

Brands  for  marking  meat  and  products,  use,  etc 39 

Bribery  of  bureau  employees 56 

Bruised  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  procedure _  l 

Butchers,  retail,  exemption  from  inspect  ion,  requirements '»  1 1 

Canned  meat  and  products,  marking,  sterilization,  etc 52 

Canning  of  moat  passed  for  sterilization,  requirements 

Tans  defective  after  sterilization,  repairing  of 

Carcasses — 

dressed  with  hides  left  on,  requirement L'  1 

of  animals  slaughtered  without  inspection,  procedure 3 

or  parts  contaminated  during  post-mortem,  disposal 

or  parts,  inflation  with  air  not  permitted 

retained  at  post-mortem,  procedure 

Carcinoma  in  carcasses  or  parts  at  post-mortem,  disposal '_M> 

Carriers — 

certificates,  tiling  and  k<  eping  of 

connecting,  statement  required  in  movement  of  alleged  unsound  meat .... 
connecting,  statement  required  in  movement  of  unsound  denatured  meat 

87 


88  INDEX. 

Carriers — Continued.  Page. 

connecting,  statement  required  in  movement  of  inedible  fats,  etc 67-68 

connecting,  statement  required  in  interstate  movement  of  meat,  etc 63-64 

connecting,  statement  required  in  movement  of  meat  imported  for  personal 

use 81 

foreign,  loading  imported  meat,  statements  required 71,  74 

foreign,  loading  meat  for  import,  indorsement  of  certificates 74 

report  of  reloading  in  cases  of  emergency 68 

Cars — 

etc.,  conveying  imported  meat  prior  to  inspection,  sealing  of 76 

in  wreck,  etc. ,  breaking  of  seals  and  reloading  products 68 

sanitary  requirements 18 

ships,  etc. ,  transporting  import  meat,  sanitation  of 77 

tank,  containing  inedible  product,  marking  of 41 

tank,  labeling,  sealing,  etc 41 

tank,  sanitary  requirements 18 

Caseous  lymphadenitis  at  post-mortem,  disposal 30 

Casings — 

animal,  kind  permitted  as  containers 52 

colored,  marking  of 39 

containing  meat  products,  marking  of 38 

hog  and  sheep,  fermenting  and  sliming  of 53 

sausage,  use  of  color 50 

Catarrh,  malignant  epizootic,  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Caul  fat,  transfer  not  permitted 24 

Cereal — 

and  water  in  sausage,  marking  of 38 

and  water  in  sausage,  requirement  in  trade  labels 45 

in  meat  food  products,  requirement  in  trade  labels 45 

in  sausage,  amount  permitted 50 

Certificate — 

for  farm  meat  in  interstate  trade 63 

for  foreign  meat  reconsigned  to  United  States 72 

for  imported  meat  from  country  of  slaughter 70-71 

for  imported  meat  from  other  than  country  of  slaughter 73 

for  interstate  movement  of  meat  or  product  imported  for  personal  use 80 

for  interstate  movement  of  uninspected  meat  by  retail  dealers 62 

for  interstate  shipment  of  inspected  and  passed  meat  and  products 60 

for  movement  of  alleged  unsound  meat 64-65 

for  movement  of  inedible  fat,  etc 67 

for  movement  of  meat  and  products  between  official  establishments 61 

for  movement  of  unsound  denatured  meat  or  product 66 

Certificates — ■ 

and  stamps,  export 56-58 

and  stamps,  export,  for  inedible  products 58 

and  stamps,  preservative,  for  export,  requirements 58 

counterfeiting,  defacing,  etc.,  of 56 

delivered  to  carriers,  filing  and  keeping  of 68 

exemption,  for  export  meat  and  products 58 

for  combined  interstate  and  foreign  movement 59 

foreign,  of  meat  inspection,  signatory  and  other  requirements 74 

for  interstate  transportation  of  meat  and  products 59,  60 

of  exemption,  requirements,  restrictions,  etc 10 

of  imported  meat,  indorsement  by  foreign  carriers 74 

of  inspection,  foreign,  delivery  to  inspector 75 

Chemicals — 

added  to  meat  food  products,  requirements 50 

prohibited,  not  allowed  to  enter  establishments 53 

Cloth- 
casings,  sausage,  use  of  color  in 50 

wrappers,  inspection  mark  on 40 

wrappers  on  export  products,  stamping  of 57 

Clothing  of  employees,  sanitary  requirements 18 

Ccenurus  cerebralis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Color — 

added  to  lard  and  other  fats,  requirements  in  labeling 47 

on  casings,  marking  of 39 

in  manufactured  meat  products,  when  permitted 50 

matter  in  foreign  products,  conditions  of  entry 69 


INDEX.  89 

Compound — 

etc. ,  added  water  prohibited 51 

requirements  in  labeling H, 

use  of  color  in 

Condemnation — 

of  alleged  unsound  meat  or  product,  procedure 66 

of  animals  at  ante-mortem  Inspect  ion 2i 

of  carcasses  and  parts  at  post-mortem  inspection 23 

of  meat  and  products,  appeals 

of  meat,  etc.,  under  food  and  drugs  act (if) 

Condemned — 

animals  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  disposal  of 22 

carcasses  and  parts  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of 

meat,  kinds  allowed  for  poultry  feed 

meat  or  product,  equipment  for  disposal  of 1 5 

meat  or  product,  facilities  for  handling It 

meat  or  product,  imported,  disposal  of 78 

meat  or  product,  method  of  tanking  or  denaturing 35-36 

meat  or  product,  room  for  holding 15 

Connecting  carriers.     See  Carriers. 

Contagious  disease  affecting  employees,  requirements if) 

Containers — 

bearing  inspection  legend,  filling,  etc 3 

bearing  trade  labels,  filling,  etc 41 

cloth,  inspection  mark  on 40 

defafcing,  destroying,  altering,  etc 56 

in  package  form  required  to  show  weight,  etc. ,  of  contents 47 

made  from  animal  casings,  requirements 52 

of  export  products,  stamping  of 57 

of  import  products,  labeling  of 78-79 

previously  used,  requirements  in  labeling  and  refilling 47 

second-hand ,  requirements  before  using 18 

tin,  number  of  establishment  required  thereon 42 

use  of  stickers  or  seals  on 42 

various,  definitions  of  terms 7 

with  false  statement,  labels  forbidden ,    43 

Contamination — 

of  carcasses  during  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

of  meat,  etc.,  by  falling  on  floor,  procedure 48 

Conveyers,  underground,  for  products,  requirements 34 

Cooked  meat  and  products,  requirement ^ 52 

Cooperation  with  local  and  State  authorities 55 

Counterfeiting  inspection  marks,  labels,  etc 56 

Cripples  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  disposal  of 21 

Cuspidors  in  official  establishments,  requirements 17 

Cuts,  meat,  in  market  inspection,  marking  of 54 

Cyst  ire reus  in  cattle  and  sheep  at  post-mortem,  disposal 31  32 

Vysticercua  cellulosae  in  hogs  at  post-mortem,  disposal 

Cysts,  tapeworm  and  hydatid,  at  post-mortem,  disposal 31   33 

Dead  animals  brought  into  official  establishments,  requirements 35 

Dead  or  dying  animals  found  on  official  premises,  disposal  of 21 

Declaration — 

for  foreign  meat  reconsigned  to  I  oited  Si.         •         if 

for  •  tablishments,  filing  by  proprietor lo 

for  inedible  products,  filing  by  manufacturer 11 

Defacing  inspection  marks,  labels,  containers,  etc 

Defective  cans,  repairing  after  sterilization 

Definition-  of  term-,  phrases,  etc.,  used  in  regulations 

ration,  slimy,  of  fat  in  <  at  post-mortem,  disp  

/  cfolliculorum  in  hogs  at  post-mortem,  disposal 

Denaturing  condemned  meat,  method 

Diamond  skin  disease.     >  <  Urticaria. 

Disease,  contagious,  affecting  employees,  requirements 19 

Disinfection — 

facilities  to  be  provided 

following  post-mortem  ondi  

following  slaughter  of  animal  affected  with  anthrax 


90  INDEX. 

Disinfection — Continued.  Page. 

of  hands  and  implements 14, 15, 18 

of  hides  and  skins  of  diseased  carcasses  before  removal 24 

Distributers  of  products,  names  on  trade  labels  and  containers 43 

Diversion  of  shipments  in  cases  of  emergency,  procedure 68 

Dock  or  place  at  official  establishments  for  receipt  of  returned  products 49 

Dogs  in  official  establishments,  requirements 16 

Domestic  meat  label,  use  and  requirements 39,  40 

Downers  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  slaughter  and  disposal  of 21 

Drainage  of  establishments  and  premises,  requirements 14, 16, 18 

Dyes  in  meat  food  products,  requirements 39,  47,  50,  53 

Echinococcus  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Edible  offal  in  meat  products,  labeling  of 46 

Emaciation  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Emergency — 

movement  of  inspected  products,  diversion,  etc 68 

slaughter,  requirements 21,  33 

Employees — 

bureau,  bribery  of 56 

bureau,  daily  reports  of  inspection  work 55 

bureau,  eligibility  for  employment  at  establishments 13 

bureau,  organization  and  classes 8-9 

bureau,  right  of  access  to  official  establishments 12 

bureau,  soliciting  employment  at  establishments,  forbidden 13 

bureau,  to  report  unsound  inspected  products  found  outside  of  establishments  56 

clothing,  sanitary  requirements .«.  18 

diseased,  forbidden  to  handle  meat,  etc 19 

handling  diseased  carcasses,  requirements 18 

Enteritis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Equipment — 

for  rendering  and  conveying  edible  and  inedible  products,  requirements..  34 

of  tanks  for  condemned  products 15 

or  utensils,  insanitary,  condemnation  of 19 

required  at  establishments  for  conducting  inspection 13-15 

sanitary  requirements 16-18 

Erythema  in  hogs  at  post-mortem,  disposal 31 

Establishments — 

access  to,  by  bureau  employees 12 

manufacturing  grease  and  inedible  products,  filing  of  declaration 10, 11 

movement  of  meat,  etc.,  between 61 

numbers  on  trade  labels  and  containers 41,  42 

requiring  inspection  during  unusual  hours,  procedure 13 

sanitary  requirements  in 15-19 

small,  hours  of  operation  designated  by  inspector 13 

subject  to  inspection 8 

subsidiary,  separate  inspection  necessary 11 

to  provide  facilities  for  inspection 13-15 

Exemption — 

certificates  for  export  meat  and  products 58 

certificates,  requirements,  restrictions,  etc 10 

from  inspection,  application  for,  requirements 9-11 

of  farmers,  retail  dealers,  and  retail  butchers  from  inspection 10 

Export — 

certificates,  issuance,  requirements,  etc 57 

fats,  uninspected,  requirement 58 

meat  and  products,  exemption  certificates  for 58 

meat  and  products,  marking  of 40 

meat  and  products  to  Europe,  etc.,  certificates  necessary 57 

products  transferred  from  tank  cars,  labeling,  etc 41 

products,  use  of  preservatives,  etc 51 

stamps  and  certificates 56-58 

Facilities  to  be  provided  for  conducting  inspection 13, 15 

False  names,  statements,  pictures,  etc.,  on  trade  labels  prohibited 43 

Farm — 

meat  offered  for  interstate  trade,  certificate  required 63 

slaughtered  animals  in  official  establishments,  procedure 34 

slaughter,  exempt  from  inspection : 10 


INDEX.  91 

FaV-  Page. 

imported,  conditions  of  entry 70 

inedible,  brought  into  official  establishments 35 

inedible,  marking  of II 

inedible,  movement  of,  certificate  for 67 

mixtures,  labeling  of,  requirements 46 

of  carcasses  infested  with  tapeworm  cysts,  disposal :;i 

on  carcasses,  transfer  not  permitted 24 

preparation  of,  use  of  bicarbonate  of  soda  and  fuller's  earl  h .'.  I 

prepared,  use  of  color  in. . 

previously  inspected,  conditions  of  entry  into  official  establishments 49 

rendered,  condemned  on  reinspection,  tanking  of 

uninspected,  offered  for  export,  requirement 58 

Ferries  as  interstate  carriers,  status 59 

Filing  of  transportation  carriers'  certificates G8 

Final  inspection,  facilities  for 14 

Flies  in  establishments,  precaution  required 16 

Flukes,  liver,  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Food  and  drugs  act,  compliance  with 69 

Foreign — 

inspection  of  imported  meat,  etc.,  requirements 69 

language  on  trade  labels,  requirements 43 

Frankfort  style  sausage,  placing  inspection  mark  on 38 

Fresh,  use  of  term  on  trade  labels 44 

Fuller's  earth,  use  in  preparation  of  fate 51 

Gastritis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Gid  bladder  worms  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Grease — 

condemned  on  reinspection,  tanking  of 36 

establishments,  filing  of  declaration,  etc 10 

imported,  conditions  of  entry 70 

inedible,  marking  of 41 

Ham ,  use  of  term  on  trade  labels 44 

Handling — 

diseased  products,  facilities  for 14 

of  diseased  carcasses  by  employees  of  establishments,  requirements 18 

Heads  used  in  food  products,  cleansing  of 53 

Hemorrhagic  septicemia  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Hides— 

left  on  carcasses  to  be  dressed,  requirement 24 

of  diseased  animals,  conditions  of  removal 24 

Hog  carcasses  found  diseased  before  evisceration,  procedure 24 

Hog  cholera — 

or  swine  plague  at  ante-mortem,  disposal  of  hogs  affected 20 

or  swine  plague  found  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of  carcasses 27  28 

Hogs — 

affected  with  hog  cholera,  disposal 20, 27,  28 

exposed  to  hog  cholera,  separate  slaughter  of 21 

scalded  alive  or  suffocated,  disposal  at  post-mortem 

showing  high  temperature  at  ante-mortem,  disposal  of 

Holidays,  legal,  inspection  on '13 

Hydatid  cysts  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Hyperemia  in  carcasses  a1  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Bypoderma  lineata  in  animal  casings,  treatment 

Ice  or  water  added  to  sausage,  quantity  allowed 

Ictero-hematuria,  parasitic,  in  sheep  at  post-mortem,  disposal 

Icterus  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 

Immature! — 

animals  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  disposal 

carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 

Import — 

carcasses  and  parts,  requirements  for  inspection 

meal  and  products,  c  rtificates  of  inspection 

meat  and  products,  conditions  of  entry  wl  3 

meat  and  products,  I  after  passing  inspection ..     .... 

meat  and  products,  inspected,  mark::  .  . 

meat  and  products,  interstate  transportation  of 


92  INDEX. 

Import — Continued.  Page. 

meat  and  products,  kinds  forbidden G9 

meat  and  products,  removal  forbidden  until  marked 78 

meat  and  products,  removal  from  sealed  cars 76 

meat  and  products,  requirements  governing  place  of  inspection 75,76 

meat  and  products,  requirements  of  foreign  inspection 69 

meat  and  products,  sanitation  of  ships,  cars,  etc.,  used  in  conveyance 77 

meat,  inspection  of,  facilities  required  from  importers 77 

meat  law,  text  of 85 

meat  not  originally  consigned  to  the  United  States,  conditions  of  entry.  .  .  71-72 

meat  or  product,  condemned,  disposal  of 78 

meat  or  product,  delivery  before  inspection,  conditions 76 

meat  or  product  for  personal  use  of  consignee,  conditions  of  entry 79-81 

meat  or  product,  method  of  applying  for  inspection 75 

meat  or  product,  movement  prior  to  inspection 75 

meat  or  product,  taking  samples  for  analysis 77 

meat  seals,  requirements 76 

products,  labeling  of  containers 78-79 

Importers — 

applying  for  inspection,  requirements 75 

required  to  furnish  facilities  at  inspection 77 

Inauguration  of  inspection,  requirements 12 

Inedible — 

fat,  etc.,  movement 67-68 

fat,  foreign,  conditions  of  entry 70 

fats  brought  into  official  establishments,  requirements 35 

products,  filing  of  declaration  by  manufacturer 11 

products  for  export,  stamps,  etc.,  for 58 

products,  marking  of 41 

products,  separate  rooms  for 16 

products,  trucks  for,  requirements 17 

Infiltration,  serous,  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Inflammation  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Inflation  of  carcasses  with  air  not  permitted 24 

Ingredients — 

in  meat  food  products,  definitions 45 

of  products,  required  with  proofs  of  trade  labels 42 

used  in  manufacture  of  products,  sanitary  requirements 50 

Injured  animals,  inspection,  slaughter,  etc 21,  33 

Insanitary  equipment  or  utensils,  condemnation  of 19 

Inspection — 

act,  etc.,  reporting  violations 12 

application  for,  by  packers,  dealers,  etc.,  requirements 9-11 

at  small  establishments,  horns  of  operation 13 

during  unusual  hours,  notice  by  establishment 13 

facilities  to  be  provided  by  establishments 13-15 

force,  organization  and  duties 8-9 

foreign,  of  imported  meat,  etc.,  requirements 69 

legend.     See  Legend. 

market,  provisions 54 

marks,  abbreviations,  authorization  of 36 

marks,  labels,  etc.,  counterfeiting  or  defacing  of 56 

of  alleged  unsound  meat,  procedure 65 

of  imports 69-81 

on  legal  holidays 13 

Inspectors,  bureau,  organization,  and  duties 8-9 

Interstate  transportation  or  movement.     See  Transportation. 

Intestines — 

not  permitted  as  ingredients  of  meat  products 53 

of  carcasses  infested  with  tapeworm  cysts,  disposal 31 

Jobbers  and  wholesalers,  interstate  shipments  by 59,  60 

Kidneys  used  in  food  products,  requirements 53 

Label,  domestic  meat,  use  and  requirements 39,  40 

Labeling — 

and  refilling  of  previously  used  containers 47 

and  sealing  of  tank  cars,  requirements 41 

of  canned  products  made  from  meat  passed  for  sterilization 36 


INDEX.  93 

Labeling — Continued.  Page- 

of  containers  of  imported  products 78-79 

of  foreign  inedible  fat,  requirement*! 70 

of  mixtures  containing  inspected  meal  or  products 54 

of  sausage,  examples 44,  \r> 

Labels — 

marks,  He,  counterfeiting  or  defacing  of 56 

trade,  affixing  to  containers II 

trade,  containing  names  of  distributers,  etc.,  requirements 43 

trade,  description,  requirements,  etc 41-48 

trade,  false  names,  statements,  pictures,  etc.,  forbidden 43 

trade,  for  fat  mixtures,  requirements 46 

trade,  for  lard,  etc.,  with  color  added,  requirements 17 

trade,  for  pork  sausage,  requirement 45 

trade,  for  products  with  benzoate  of  soda,  requirements 47.  50 

trade,  for  products  with  water  and  cereal,  requirements r> 

trade,  for  products  with  more  than  one  ingredient,  requirements 45 

trade,  for  sausage  with  water  and  cereal,  requirements 45 

trade,  in  foreign  language,  requirements 43 

trade,  kinds  permitted 42 

trade,  of  lard  having  added  substances,  requirements 4G 

trade,  of  meat  products  containing  edible  offal,  requirements 46 

trade,  on  containers,  use  without  domestic  meat  label 40 

trade,  on  previously  used  containers,  requirements 47 

trade,  statements  allowed  on 41 

trade,  submission  for  approval 42 

trade,  use  of  stickers  or  seals  with 42 

trade,  with  descriptive  terms,  requirements 44 

Laboratory — 

inspection,  exemption  of  products  from  transportation  requirements 68 

inspection  of  imports,  samples  for 77 

Lard — 

and  compounds  and  substitutes,  added  water  prohibited 51 

and  compounds,  use  of  color  in 50 

and  tallow,  method  of  rendering  condemned  carcasses  and  parts  into 36 

colored,  labeling  of 47 

compound,  requirements  in  trade  labels 46 

containing  lard  stearin,  etc.,  requirements  in  labeling 46 

labels,  use  of  term  "leaf  "on 45 

"pure,"  preparation  of 53 

Law,  meat  inspection,  text  of 82-85 

Law  relating  to  imported  meat,  text  of 85 

Lay  inspectors,  duties,  etc 9 

Leaf  lard — 

preparation  of,  requirement 53 

use  of  term  on  trade  labels 45 

Legal  holidays,  inspection  on L3 

Legend,  inspection — 

act  of  June  30,  1906,  three-year  provision 8 

affixing  on  meat  and  products 

definition 

embodied  in  stickers  or  seals 42 

embossed  on  metal  containers 42 

making  copies  forbidden 37 

on  advertisements,  etc.,  use  of 

on  brands,  etc.,  use  of 39 

on  detachable  de"\  ice  forbidden 42 

on  mixtures  containing  inspected  meat,  requirements 

on  primal  parts  after  processing 

on  sausage  and  other  meat  in  casings,  marking 

on  trade  labels 41 

Lime,  use  in  cleansing  of  tripe 

Lip-and-leg  ulceration.     See  Necrobacillosis. 

Liver  flukes  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal , 

Local  meat  inspection,  cooperation  with 

Lockers  for  keeping  inspection  brands,  requirements 15 

Lumpy  jaw.    »s"<  e  Actinomyc 

Lymphadenitis,  caseous,  in  car  post-mortem,  disposal 


94  INDEX. 

Page. 

Malignant  epizootic  catarrh  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Mammitis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Mange  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 30 

Market  inspection,  sanitary  and  other  requirements 16,  54 

Marking — 

branding,  and  identifying  meat  and  products 36^11 

canned  meat  and  products 52 

cloth  containers 40 

imported  meat  or  product,  procedure 78-79 

inedible  fats 41 

meat  or  product  with  domestic  meat  label 39-40 

primal  parts  after  processing 38 

sausage  and  other  meat  in  casings 38 

unmarked  cuts  in  market  inspection 54 

Marks — 

labels,  etc.,  counterfeiting  or  defacing  of 5G 

stencils,  etc.,  on  previously  used  containers,  requirements 47 

Meat — 

and  products  exported  to  Europe,  etc.,  certificates  necessary 57 

and  products  for  laboratory  inspection,   exemption  from  transportation 

requirements 68 

and  products,  foreign,  kinds  forbidden  to  enter 69 

and  products,  reinspection  and  preparation  of 48-54,  56 

condemned,  kinds  allowed  for  poultry  feed 33 

inspected,  becoming  unsound,  permit  for  movement 64 

of  tuberculous  animals,  disposal  of 26 

passed  for  sterilization,  canning  of,  requirements 36 

trimmings,  foreign,  conditions  of  entry 70 

Melanosis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Metritis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Milk  fever  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  disposal  of  animals  affected 20 

Mixtures  containing  inspected  meat,  requirements 54 

Movement.     See  Transportation. 

Multiceps  multiceps  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Municipal  meat  inspection,  cooperation  with 55 

Necrobacillosis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 30 

Nephritis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Nuisance  in  official  establishments  or  premises  forbidden 19 

Odors — 

in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 30 

in  official  establishments,  requirements 19 

(Esophagostomum  in  animal  casings,  treatment 53 

Offal,  edible,  in  meat  products,  labeling  of 46 

Oleo  oil,  uninspected,  offered  for  export,  requirement 58 

Oleomargarin  manufacture,  fittings,  etc.,  sanitary  requirements 50 

Packing  of  export  products  containing  preservatives 51 

Parasites  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 32 

Parasitic  ictero-hematuria  in  sheep  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Parcel  post  as  interstate  carrier 59 

Parturition.     See  Pregnancy. 

Paunches  and  stomachs  used  in  food  products,  cleansing  of 53 

Pericarditis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Phlebitis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Pipes  and  equipment,  underground,  for  conveying  products,  requirements 34 

Plans — 

and  specifications  of  plants  to  accompany  applications  for  inspection 9 

for  remodeling  and  for  new  structures,  submission  of 15 

Polyarthritis  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Pork- 
sausage,  requirements  in  trade  labels 45 

trichinae  in,  requirements  in  manufacture  of  products 52 

Post-mortem  inspection — 

disposal  of  diseased  carcasses  and  parts 25-33 

facilities  to  be  provided  by  establishments  .  ." 14 

general  requirements 22-25 


INDEX.  95 

Poultry  feed,  condemned  meat  allowed  in  manufacture  of 33 

Pregnancy — 

cases  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  disposal  of 22 

in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 33 

Preparation  and  reinspection  of  meat  and  products 

Preservative  stamps  and  certificates  for  export  products,  requirements 58 

Preservatives — 

in  export  products,  requirements 5] 

in  foreign  meat,  etc. ,  conditions  of  entry 69,  77 

in  meat  food  products,  requirements 50 

prohibited,  forbidden  to  enter  establishments 53 

Primal  parts — 

definition  of  term 7 

marking  of 38 

unmarked,  transporting  from  establishments 37 

Processing  in  official  establishments,  requirements 49 

Pseudo-leukemia  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Pyemia  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28,  29 

Rabies  at  ante-mortem,  disposal  of  animals  affected ! 20 

Railroad  sickness  at  ante-mortem,  disposal  of  animals  affected 20 

Rats,  etc..  in  establishments,  destruction  of 16 

Reinspection — 

and  preparation  of  meat  and  products 48-5  I 

of  Eat  entering  official  establishments 49 

of  meat  and  products  brought  into  official  establishments 48-49 

of  meat  and  products,  permissible  at  any  time  or  place 48,  56 

of  returned  products,  receiving  dock  for 49 

of  shipments  in  transit,  waived  in  cases  of  emergency 68 

PeL >ading  inspected  products  in  cases  of  emergency 68 

Pondering  condemned  carcasses  and  parts  into  tallow  and  lard,  method 36 

Report,  carriers',  of  reloading  products  in  cases  of  emergency 68 

Reporting — 

unsound  inspected  products  found  outside  establishments 56 

violations  ot  inspection  act,  etc 12 

Reports  of  inspection  work,  requirements 55 

Reshipments  of  meat.  etc..  by  jobbers  and  wholesalers 59,  60 

Retail- 
butchers  and  dealers,  exemption  requirements 10 

dealers,  exempted,  offering  uninspected  meat  in  interstate  trade,  certifi- 
cate required 62 

Retained.     See  "TJ.  8.  retained." 

Ret  limed  products  at  official  establishments,  receiving  dock  for 49 

Room  for  holding  condemned  products,  requirements 15 

Rooms  for  inedible  products,  required  to  be  separate 16 

Sal  soda,  use  in  cleansing  of  tripe 51 

Samples — 

for  official  use  exempt  from  transportation  requirements 68 

•  if  import  products  subject  to  analysis,  taking  of 77 

of  products,  etc. ,  required  free  of  cost 

Sanitary  requirements  in  official  establishments 15-19 

Sanitation — 

of  ships,  cars,  etc.,  transporting  imported  meat,  requirement 77 

reports  by  employees  and  inspectors 

Sarcoma  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 29 

Sausage — 

casings,  use  of  color  in 50 

etc.,  uncooked,  containing  pork  muscle,  requirement  - 

in  casings,  inspection  mark  on 

labeling  of.  examples II.  !  5 

p  eked  in  oil,  requirements 

pork,  requirement  in  trade  labels 15 

with  water  and  cereal 38,  : 

Seal)  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 

Sealing — 

and  labeling  tank  ears,  requirements H 

cars,  wagons,  etc.,  conveying  imported  meat  pri<»r  to  inspection 70 


96  INDEX. 

Seals —  Page. 

of  condemned  tanks,  requirement 35 

on  cars,  breaking  in  cases  of  emergency 68 

on  wagons  in  movement  between  establishments,  breaking  of 62 

or  stickers,  use  on  containers 42 

Second-hand  tubs,  etc. ,  requirements  before  using., 18 

Septicemia  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28,  29 

Shipments — See  also  Transportation . 

between  official  establishments,  notification  of 62 

of  inspected  products,  diversion  of  in  case  of  emergency 68 

Ships,  cars,  etc.,  transporting  import  meat,  sanitation  of 77 

Skin  diseases  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 30,  31 

Skins  of  diseased  animals,  conditions  of  removal 24 

Soda — 

benzoate,  in  products,  labeling  of 47,  50 

bicarbonate,  use  in  preparation  of  fats 51 

sal,  use  in  cleansing  of  tripe 51 

Stamps— 

and  certificates,  export,  requirements 56-58 

export,  method  of  affixing 57 

marks,  labels,  etc.,  counterfeiting  or  defacing  of 56 

State  meat  inspection,  cooperation  with 55 

Steam  and  vapors  dining  inspection,  requirements 14, 17 

Stearin,  uninspected,  offered  for  export,  requirement 58 

Stencils — 

marks,  etc.,  on  previously  used  containers,  requirements 47 

tags,  etc.,  approval  required 42 

tags,  etc. ,  shall  not  bear  inspection  legend 42 

Sterilization— 

of  canned  products,  requirements 52 

of  carcasses  and  parts,  method 36 

Sternum  of  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  requirement 24 

Stickers  or  seals,  use  on  containers -. 42 

Stillborn  and  unborn  animals  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of 33 

Stomachs  and  paunches  used  in  food  products,  cleansing  of 53 

Subsidiary  establishments,  separate  inspection  necessary 11 

Suspects  at  ante-mortem,  marking,  removal,  slaughter,  etc 19-21 

Swine  plague.     See  Hog  cholera. 
Tags- 
marks,  labels,  etc.,  counterfeiting  or  defacing  of 56 

reject,  on  insanitary  equipment  or  utensils 19 

stencils,  etc.,  shall  not  bear  inspection  legend 42 

Tallow— 

and  lard,  method  of  rendering  carcasses  and  parts  into 36 

imported,  conditions  of  entry 70 

inedible,  marking  of 41 

uninspected,  offered  for  export,  requirement 58 

Tank- 
cars,  labeling,  sealing,  etc 41 

cars,  sanitary  requirements 18 

for  condemned  products,  equipment  for  sealing 15 

rooms  and  tanks,  requirements 34-35 

Tanking — 

animals  condemned  at  ante-mortem,  method 22 

condemned  meat,  method .-  -  35-36 

Tapeworm  cysts  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 31-32 

Temperature  of  animals  at  ante-mortem,  requirements 20,  22 

Tetanus  at  ante-mortem,  disposal  of  animals  affected 20 

Texas  fever  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Tin  containers,  number  of  establishment  required  thereon 42 

Tinea  tonsurans  in  hogs  at  post-mortem,  disposal 31 

Toilet  rooms,  etc.,  in  establishments,  requirements 17 

Tonsils  not  permitted  as  ingredients  of  food  products 53 

Trade  labels.     See  Labels. 
Transportation — 

certificates  for  meat  and  products,  text 60-67,  80 

of  alleged  unsound  meat - 64-65 

of  imported  meat  or  product  prior  to  and  after  inspection 75,  81 


INDEX.  97 

Transportation — Continued.  1>age- 

of  inedible  fat,  etc 67 

of  meat  and  product  slaughtered  on  farm 10,  63 

of  meat,  etc.,  as  part  of  foreign  movement 59 

of  meat,  etc.,  between  official  establishments 61-62 

of  meat,  etc.,  by  jobbers  and  wholesalers 59-60 

of  meat,  etc.,  statement  to  connecting  carriers 63-04 

of  meat  or  product  imported  for  personal  use 80 

of  products  for  laboratory  inspection,  exemption 68 

of  products  too  small  for  marking,  requirements 38 

of  uninspected  meat  by  retail  dealers 62 

of  unsound  denatured  meat  or  product 66 

Traveling  inspectors,  duties,  etc 9 

Trichina)  in  pork,  requirements  in  manufacture  of  products 52 

Trimmings,  meat,  foreign,  conditions  of  entry 70 

Tripe,  cleansing  of,  use  of  sal  soda  or  lime 51 

Trucks  for  inedible  products,  requirements 17 

Tuberculin  test,  reacting  animals  marked  "suspects"  at  ante-mortem 21 

Tuberculosis — 

etc.,  affecting  employees,  requirements 19 

found  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of  carcasses  and  meat 25-27 

Unborn  and  stillborn  animals  at  post-mortem,  disposal  of 33 

Urticaria  in  hogs  at  post-mortem,  disposal 31 

"U.  S.  condemned,"  definition 6 

"U.  S.  inspected  and  condemned,"  definition 6 

"U.  S.  inspected  and  passed,"  definition G,  8 

11 U.  S.  inspected  and  passed  under  act  of  June  30, 1906,"  three-year  provision. .  8 
"TJ.  S.  refused  entry" — 

conditions  of  marking  on  imported  products 77 

definition 6 

"U.  S.  rejected  "  tag  on  insanitary  equipment  or  utensils 19 

"TJ.  S.  retained" — 

definition 6 

room,  provision  for 15 

tag  on  reinspected  products,  procedure 48 

tags,  use  at  post-mortem  inspection 23 

"U.  S.  suspect,"  definition 6 

Utensils,  insanitary,  condemnation  of 19 

Vaccine — 

animals  at  ante-mortem  inspection,  disposal  of 22 

lesions,  unhealed,  in  carcasses  at  post-mortem,  disposal 28 

Vapors  and  steam  during  inspection,  requirements 14, 17 

Veal  loaf,  requirement  in  trade  labels 45 

Vermin  in  establishments,  destruction  of 16 

Violations  of  inspection  act,  etc.,  reporting 12 

Virus,  rat,  not  allowed  in  establishments 16 

Wagons  in  establishments,  sanitary  requirements,  etc 18,  62 

Water- 
added  to  lard,  compound,  or  substitute,  not  permitted 51 

and  cereal  in  sausage 38, 45,  50 

supplies  in  establishments,  requirements 16 

Weasands  of  carcasses  infested  with  tapeworm  cysts,  disposal 31 

Weight,  etc.,  of  contents  of  packages,  requirements 17 

Wholesalers  and  jobbers,  interstate  shipments  by 59,  60 

Wit  hdrawal  of  inspection,  conditions 12 

Wrappers— 

cloth,  inspection  mark  on 40 

cloth,  on  export  products,  stamping  of 57 

etc.,  use  of  stickers  or  seals  on 42 

Wrecks,  railroad,  diversion  and  reloading  of  products 68 

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